I Can't Live Without A Dream
Pak-kiu works as a gaffer while waiting for his first break in front of the camera. An inviting target of ridicule, he remains unwavering that he will rise above the sordid realities of the glamorous world of film-making with his determination to be a proper actor rather than a star. So when he is offered a bit part as a cancer patient in a new film, he jumps at the chance to practise method acting, literally getting into his character and inhabiting him through claiming membership of a support group, which reunites him with an old classmate. However, the reunion, shrouded in a façade of altruistic motive, leaves him ill-prepared for a role in real life that is not so easily dismissed as a character in the script...
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Cast
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Chan Kin-long
Chan Pak Kiu
Known for
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The Midnight After
Ranya Lee
Lee Sum Yuet
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Lee Sheung-Ching
Paul
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CJ7
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Buber Mak
Ka Wing
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Franco Chan
Second Assistant Director
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Jan Curious
Casting Director
Known for
The Midnight After
Nikki Lau Siu-Shu
Assistant director
No other roles listed
Leslie Ho
Gaffer
Also in
Roomless
Charlatan
Ng Ka-Chuen
Best Boy
Also in
Shock Wave 2
Hand Rolled Cigarette
Cheung Wing-Sum
Make-Up Artist
Also in
En Route
Howell Tsang Ho Yeung
Ho Yeung
Also in
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Ernest Hui Hei Yu
Assistant Camera
No other roles listed
Chan Kin-long Director · Jolyon Cheung Director Rick Lau Tsz-Kin Cinematographer
First release December 18, 2013 · Produced in Hong Kong SAR China · Production Hong Kong Arts Development Council
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Fresh Wave
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Hong Kong Arts Development Council
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Hong Kong SAR China
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Original language
Cantonese
Spoken on screen
Cantonese
Release dates
Hong Kong SAR China · December 18, 2013
Premiere · Fresh Wave International Short Film Festival 2013
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