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First of May

Mar 18, 2017 · 21m
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Drama

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Mrs. Ho, a senile and distraught widow, lives by herself in a walk-up building. For more than half a century, Mrs. Ho has been living in her flat since she was married. But, after an accident, her legs went lame. Her son keeps persuading her to sell the flat and move into a building with lifts. She refuses and she wants to hold onto the flat, her only contact with her dead husband, where they used to do tap-dance together. Of course, they weren’t Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers but, the film makes touchingly clear, we need to listen to rhythm of their dance. More importantly, Mrs. Ho’s perseverance and strength recall the portrayal of another old woman – Ella Garth (Jo Van Fleet) in Elia Kazan’s masterpiece Wild River (1960).

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CAST

Yeung Yee-Yee
Mrs. Ho
Lo Chun-Yip
Ng Kam Chuen
Directed by Lam Chi Yu

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
CN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Fresh Wave, Hong Kong Arts Development Council
Country
HK

SIMILAR TITLES

Dance Crazy in Hollywood
1990
Roxie Hart
1942
Ziegfeld Follies
1945
American Tap
2018
Born to Dance
1936
Broadway Melody of 1938
1937
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