Francis Ng (right) and Louis Koo play father and son in the fantasy drama Shed Skin Papa (category IIA, Cantonese), directed by Roy Szeto. Francis Ng (right) and Louis Koo play father and son in the fantasy drama Shed Skin Papa (category IIA, Cantonese), directed by Roy Szeto.
Francis Ng (right) and Louis Koo play father and son in the fantasy drama Shed Skin Papa (category IIA, Cantonese), directed by Roy Szeto.
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review | Shed Skin Papa film review: Francis Ng, Louis Koo as father and son in Hong Kong’s answer to Benjamin Button

A fantastical drama that struggles to translate the profound musings of its source material for the big screen, Shed Skin Papa features, among other things, Ng ageing backwards by a decade or two every day by shedding his skin

Topic |   Chinese language cinema
Edmund Lee
Edmund Lee

Updated: 7:03pm, 9 May, 2018

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Francis Ng (right) and Louis Koo play father and son in the fantasy drama Shed Skin Papa (category IIA, Cantonese), directed by Roy Szeto. Francis Ng (right) and Louis Koo play father and son in the fantasy drama Shed Skin Papa (category IIA, Cantonese), directed by Roy Szeto.
Francis Ng (right) and Louis Koo play father and son in the fantasy drama Shed Skin Papa (category IIA, Cantonese), directed by Roy Szeto.
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