Far Far Away (Chinese: 緣路山旮旯) is a 2021 Hong Kong romantic comedy film and the third full-length feature written and directed by Amos Why.[2] The film follows a 28-year-old introverted IT geek who is inexperienced in dating, but suddenly finds himself romantically involved with five attractive women at different times, all are living in New Territories or Outlying Islands, Hong Kong.

Far Far Away
Theatrical release poster
Traditional Chinese緣路山旮旯
Simplified Chinese缘路山旮旯
Literal meaning"Affinity at the far edges"
Hanyu PinyinYuán lù shān gā lá
Jyutpingjyun4 lou6 saan1 kaa1 laa1
Directed byAmos Why
Written byAmos Why
Produced byWinnie Tsang
Amos Why
Teresa Kwong
StarringKaki Sham
Cecilia So
Rachel Leung
Hanna Chan
Jennifer Yu
Crystal Cheung
CinematographyLeung Ming Kai
Edited byJefferson Lai
Key Tan
Production
companies
Golden Scene Company
Dot 2 Dot Production
Release dates
  • 14 November 2021 (2021-11-14) (Hong Kong Asian FF)
  • 4 August 2022 (2022-08-04) (Hong Kong)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Box officeUS$1.2 million[1]

It premiered as the closing film of the 2021 Hong Kong Asian Film Festival, and screened at the Osaka Asian Film Festival, New York Asian Film Festival, as well as the Far East Film Festival in Udine. It was theatrically released in Hong Kong on 4 August 2022.[3][4][5]

Cast

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Awards and nominations

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Awards Category Recipient Result Ref.
59th Golden Horse Awards Best Supporting Actress Jennifer Yu Nominated [6]
41st Hong Kong Film Awards Best Supporting Actress Jennifer Yu Nominated

References

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  1. ^ "Far Far Away". Box Office Mojo.
  2. ^ "Far Far Away". www.fareastfilm.com (in Italian). Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  3. ^ Stojiljković, Marko (19 March 2022). "Film Review: Far Far Away (2021) by Amos Why". Asian Movie Pulse. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Far Far Away|OAFF2022|Special Focus on Hong Kong 2022". www.oaff.jp. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Far Far Away movie review". South China Morning Post. 2 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Hong Kong film 'Limbo' leads Golden Horse Award nominations - Focus Taiwan". focustaiwan.tw. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
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