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As It Burns

2024 102 min Cantonese IIB
Wubly rating 5.6 IMDb rating 4.8

An explosion takes place in an apartment late at night, with a charred body of a woman found on spot. Her name is Yin Ching. A woman called Lam Yam looks surprisingly similar to the deceased Ching, except that her temperament and background have no connections. But they happened to fall in love with the same man Lou Lou. Though it seems to be an accident, there is a romance behind with mixed feelings spanning over a decade. Ching and Lou were childhood friends, but Lou accidentally killed her mother more than ten years ago. The mortal sin being unexposed, fate made them break apart. Over a decade later, Ching met Lou again in the city. Ching finds Lou’s girlfriend Lam Yam has a striking resemblance to her. That inspires Ching to start her plan… After Ching was killed, Lou starts to notice something unusual with Yam, with a familiar but strange feeling.

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Lee Po-Cheung Director · Lui Koon-nam Writer

First release October 22, 2023 · Produced in Hong Kong SAR China · Original title 白晝如焚

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Hong Kong SAR China

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Original title

白晝如焚

Original language

Cantonese

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Cantonese

Release dates

United Kingdom · October 22, 2023

Premiere · London East Asia Film Festival

Hong Kong SAR China · April 4, 2024

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No release date listed for United States.

China

September 25, 2024 · Limited theatrical · 广东省发行 Release in Guangdong Province

Taiwan

April 12, 2024 · Theatrical

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