Ordinary Heroes (1999)
2h 8m
Running Time
April 10, 1999Release Date
Plot.
Ordinary Heroes is a narration about the life stories of an advocate, a prostitute, a social worker, and a priest during the social movements from 1970s to 1980s in Hong Kong. The film is based upon true stories.
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Cast & Crew.
Loletta Lee
Sow Fung Tai
Lee Kang-sheng
Tung
Anthony Wong
Peter Kam
Tse Kwan-Ho
Yau
Vincent Chi Mo-Chun
Actor
Lawrence Ah Mon
Police officer
Ann Hui
Director
Mok Chiu-Yu
Street activist telling story of Ng Chun
Details.
Wiki.
Ordinary Heroes is a 1999 Hong Kong drama film directed and produced by Ann Hui. Based on real-life prototypes, the film focused on social activists in the 1970s and 1980s who fought defiantly against the British Colonial government for the rights of the Yau Ma Tei boat people and their mainland wives. Mostly leftists and Communist sympathisers, their despair after the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre is also highlighted.
The Chinese title refers to a popular Teresa Teng song which played during the film. Ordinary Heroes was critically acclaimed, winning Best Picture at the 19th Hong Kong Film Awards and the 36th Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan, among others.