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First Night Nerves

2019 100 min Cantonese IIA
Wubly rating 5.9 IMDb rating 6.2

Yuan Xiuling, a former star and has-been actress plans to return to the spotlight of the theater a year after her philandering husband died. She decides to star in Two Sisters, written and directed by transwoman An Ouyang. But, her biggest rival, He Yuwen, a rising actress, also stars in the play.

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Stanley Kwan Kam-pang Director · Jimmy Ngai Shiu-Yan Writer

First release October 5, 2018 · Produced in China, Hong Kong SAR China · Languages Cantonese, Chinese

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China · Hong Kong SAR China

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Original title

八個女人一台戲

Original language

Cantonese

Spoken on screen

Cantonese · Chinese

Release dates

South Korea · October 5, 2018

Premiere · Busan International Film Festival

Hong Kong SAR China · March 27, 2019

Limited theatrical · Hong Kong International Film Festival 2019

No release date listed for United States.

Hong Kong SAR China

April 11, 2021 · Limited theatrical · Hong Kong International Film Festival

July 25, 2026 · Limited theatrical

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