While same sex marriage is broadly celebrated in Europe and North America, Hong Kong reminded as a metropolis where such basic social security is missing for the queer communities. Dedicated to the Hong Kong queer icon, Ellen Loo, who committed suicide in 2018, and starting from the moment where Ricky come out to his family, Forever 17 explore an imaginable future for the queer community, through love and acceptance, betrayal and forgiveness, pain and recovery, death and survival, inheritance and eternity, and honouring a life long commitments.
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Juno Leung Chun-Lung
Ricky Fung
Also in
The Way We Are
Hong Kong Ghost Stories
Sam Ho Hing
Roger Tsang
Also in
The Goldfinger
Customs Frontline
Clifford Tsang Man-Wai
Ricky Fung (old)
Also in
Raging Through River
Twilight's Kiss
Ko Hon-Man
Roger Tsang (Old)
Known for
The Guillotines
Li Ying-Tao
Ricky's father
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Trivisa
Love Off the Cuff
Kit Hung Director · Lee Chik Hei Cinematographer
First release November 17, 2019 · Produced in Hong Kong SAR China · Original title 推開世界的門
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Hong Kong SAR China
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Original title
推開世界的門
Original language
Chinese
Spoken on screen
Cantonese
Release dates
Taiwan · November 17, 2019
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No release date listed for United States.
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