• Director(s)

    Sasha Chuk

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Release date

    15/06/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    113m

  • Cast

    Sasha Chuk, Yoyo Tse, Kang Ren Wu

Film

Fly me to the moon

domestic abuse, drug misuse

A young family who move to 1990s Hong Kong struggle with poverty and addiction in this melancholy Cantonese-language drama, which contains occasional upsetting scenes of domestic abuse, often related to drug misuse.…

A young family who move to 1990s Hong Kong struggle with poverty and addiction in this melancholy Cantonese-language drama, which contains occasional upsetting scenes of domestic abuse, often related to drug misuse.

Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

violence

language

sex

discrimination

drugs

theme

threat and horror

sexual violence and sexual threat

  • Director(s)

    Sasha Chuk

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Release date

    15/06/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    113m

  • Cast

    Sasha Chuk, Yoyo Tse, Kang Ren Wu

domestic abuse, drug misuse
Classified Date:
24/06/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
PierZero Entertainment Limited
violence
A man struggling with drug addiction roughly grabs his teenage daughter and strikes her head repeatedly in rage after she attempts to dispose of some of his drugs. A woman smacks her daughter's hand after discovering she has stolen; the woman then argues with the girl's father, striking him until he shoves her away. A young woman and her boyfriend slap one another after an argument.
language
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k') along with milder terms which include 'bastard', 'God', 'damn' and 'hell'.
sex
A couple kiss and caress in silhouette, moving onto a bed where it is implied they have sex. A woman says her relationship with a man is one of being 'friends with benefits'. Characters flirt with one another.
discrimination
There is discrimination directed against a teenage girl for not being born in Hong Kong; a girl later tries to conceal her birthplace from others so she will not face rejection.
drugs
A man smokes what appears to be heroin from a piece of foil as his young daughter secretly watches him through a window; visual detail of his drug misuse is limited and is not glamourised. There are verbal references to using 'dope' and to drug addiction throughout.
theme
There are upsetting scenes as a family struggles to overcome the difficulties brought on by a father's drug addiction. Characters grieve for lost loved ones and there are references to illness and to bullying. Characters, some of whom struggle with poverty, shoplift. A young girl experiences bullying at school.

  • Classified date

    24/06/2024

  • Language

    Cantonese