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Top 5 films to watch in Hong Kong this week: November 19-25

A visually stunning manga adaptation, contrasting French social dramas, a Taiwanese story of grief and Ridley Scott’s definitive final cut of Blade Runner make up the coming week’s must-see films

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Karena Lam Ka-yan – in her first leading role since 2010 – and Mayday guitarist Shih Chin-hang lend a pair of quietly powerful performances to this Taiwanese grief drama, charting the emotional routes to closure for two bereaved spouses. (Opens on November 19)

A still from Blade Runner, whose streetscapes took inspiration from Hong Kong.
A still from Blade Runner, whose streetscapes took inspiration from Hong Kong.

2. Blade Runner

Screening of the definitive “Final Cut” of Ridley Scott’s sci-fi noir masterpiece from 1982, which follows Harrison Ford’s jaded detective as he falls for a humanoid he’s supposed to terminate. (November 22, part of Cine Fan programme)

A still from The Measure of a Man.
A still from The Measure of a Man.

3. The Measure of a Man

Vincent Lindon took home the best actor prize at Cannes for his part as a repeatedly frustrated working-class father – alongside a cast of non-professional actors – in this devastating social drama. (November 19, part of Hong Kong French Film Festival)
Newcomer Rod Paradot stars in Standing Tall.
Newcomer Rod Paradot stars in Standing Tall.
As much a troubled youth story as it is a celebration of the redemptive functions of French social agencies, Emmanuelle Bercot’s poignant drama finds both newcomer Rod Paradot and legend Catherine Deneuve in fine form. (Opens on November 19)
A still from anime feature Miss Hokusai.
A still from anime feature Miss Hokusai.

A visually entrancing adaptation of Hanako Sugiura’s late Edo period-set manga, Keiichi Hara’s elliptically structured animation offers a vivid account of artmaking and female empowerment in a traditional Japanese society. (Opens on November 19)