Artist in Focus: Ix Wong Short Film Compilation (3rd MIQFF)
Genre
SPECIAL PROGRAMME
Release Date
21 Jun 2025 (Sat)
Category
--- (HK), C(Macau)
Running Time
56 Minutes
Language
Mandarin, English and Cantonese
Subtitle
Chinese and English
Director
Jessey Tsang Tsui Shan, Kitty Yeung, Glen Goei, Aa
Cast
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Synopsis
“A Missing Scene from Floral Princess: An Untold Suicide of the Last Ming Emperor” (26’)
Reenacting the suicide episode of the last Ming emperor, Chong-zhen from the classic Cantonese Opera The Flower Princess, this experimental short film blending Cantonese Opera and modern dance elements reveals the journey of the defeated emperor accompanied by his faithful eunuch, Wang Sing-yan, on their way to the summit of Coal Hill to end their lives. Apart from inviting new perspectives towards their ambiguous queer overtones, it also explores the crossroads of life and death, authority and obedience, love and sacrifice, power and duty, that befall under the traditional patriarchy.
Reenacting the suicide episode of the last Ming emperor, Chong-zhen from the classic Cantonese Opera The Flower Princess, this experimental short film blending Cantonese Opera and modern dance elements reveals the journey of the defeated emperor accompanied by his faithful eunuch, Wang Sing-yan, on their way to the summit of Coal Hill to end their lives. Apart from inviting new perspectives towards their ambiguous queer overtones, it also explores the crossroads of life and death, authority and obedience, love and sacrifice, power and duty, that befall under the traditional patriarchy.
“A Missing Scene from Floral Princess: An Untold Suicide of the Last Ming Emperor” (26’)
Reenacting the suicide episode of the last Ming emperor, Chong-zhen from the classic Cantonese Opera The Flower Princess, this experimental short film blending Cantonese Opera and modern dance elements reveals the journey of the defeated emperor accompanied by his faithful eunuch, Wang Sing-yan, on their way to the summit of Coal Hill to end their lives. Apart from inviting new perspectives towards their ambiguous queer overtones, it also explores the crossroads of life and death, authority and obedience, love and sacrifice, power and duty, that befall under the traditional patriarchy.
Reenacting the suicide episode of the last Ming emperor, Chong-zhen from the classic Cantonese Opera The Flower Princess, this experimental short film blending Cantonese Opera and modern dance elements reveals the journey of the defeated emperor accompanied by his faithful eunuch, Wang Sing-yan, on their way to the summit of Coal Hill to end their lives. Apart from inviting new perspectives towards their ambiguous queer overtones, it also explores the crossroads of life and death, authority and obedience, love and sacrifice, power and duty, that befall under the traditional patriarchy.
