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Top 5 films to watch in Hong Kong this week: June 16-22

Suspense noir, brutal boxing, coming of age in 1980s Dublin, a Swiss orphan and the original Mad Max among the treats for this week

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Ralph Fiennes and Tilda Swinton in A Bigger Splash.

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1. A Bigger Splash

Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes, Dakota Johnson and Matthias Schoenaerts form the impeccable ensemble in this darkly seductive suspense noir by I Am Love director Luca Guadagnino, who makes a sensual feast out of watching rich and beautiful people suffer. (Opens on June 16)

Robert De Niro as jake Lamota Raging Bull.
Robert De Niro as jake Lamota Raging Bull.

2. Raging Bull

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One of Martin Scorsese’s and Robert De Niro’s finest films, this 1980 American classic charts the path to self-destruction – through one indelibly violent bout after another – in the career of real-life professional boxer Jake LaMotta. (June 18, part of UA CineHub’s FilmSporting programme)

Jack Reynor and Ferdia Walsh-Peelo (right) in Sing Street.
Jack Reynor and Ferdia Walsh-Peelo (right) in Sing Street.
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