Just Like Weather

(Mei guo xin)

Allen Fong
Hong Kong, 1986

4K Digital Restoration

featuring

Christine Lee, Chan Hung Nin, Lee Chi Keung, Lam Ying Wah,

Mixing fact and fiction, “Just Like Weather centers on a young couple. The wife is the breadwinner, with a job in real estate; the husband dreams of saving the marriage by emigrating to join his mother in the United States. Between interviews and re-enacted scenes from their everyday lives, Allen Fong entangles the couple in fictional episodes: an abortion, a shady used-car dealer, a randy veterinarian. On top of that, he folds the film in on itself by taking them to America to confront their indecisions. Worries about Hong Kong’s future after 1997 lie beneath the surface, but the surface is engrossing enough” (Tony Rayns).

FILM DETAILS 

Screenwriter

  • Ng Chong Chau

Cinematographer

  • George Chang
  • Michael Chin

Language

  • Cantonese
  • English
  • with English subtitles

Print Info

  • Color
  • DCP
  • 95 mins

Source

  • M+, Hong Kong

Additional Info

  • Restored in 4K by M+, Hong Kong, in 2026. The restoration was made using the original 16mm picture negative, the 35mm reversal intermediate, and the 35mm optical sound negative preserved at the Hong Kong Film Archive, Leisure and Cultural Services Department. The restoration was undertaken at L’Immagine Ritrovata. Special thanks to George Chang. Just Like Weather is one of the films under “M+ Restored”, an initiative supported by CHANEL.

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