A poetic, experimental portrait of four Hong Kong women in London working to digitise records of the handover agreement between the United Kingdom and China. Impressionistic and precise, personal and expansive, Cheung's elegant, eloquent work decodes history and how politics are enacted.
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Dorothy Cheung Director
First release January 27, 2020 · Produced in Hong Kong SAR China, Netherlands · Original title 見光
Production
Hong Kong SAR China · Netherlands
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Languages
Original title
見光
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Cantonese
Release dates
Netherlands · January 27, 2020
Premiere · International Film Festival Rotterdam
No release date listed for United States.
Taiwan
May 1, 2021 · Limited theatrical · Taiwan International Documentary Festival
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