Papa
CrimeDrama
8.1/10
|HK
|cn
|130 min
Release Date: 2024-12-05
Overview - A 15-year-old boy murders his mother and sister. The father, Nin Yuen, returns to his cafe, haunted by memories of a once-happy family: his wife preparing breakfast, his son playing video games, and his daughter caring for their calico cat. Yuen finds himself unable to hate the living or forget the dead. As they confront life’s cruelty, will Yuen and his son’s strained relationship ever find redemption?
Production Companies
Golden Scene Company LimitedWord By Word LimitedThe Book of a PlayFilm Development Fund of Hong Kong
User Reviews
CinemaSerf
7/10
This is a tough film to watch, but it’s worth it. “Papa” (Ching-wan Lau) runs a bustling café and we first meet him looking forlornly at his apartment from the street outside. It transpires that there has been a double-murder and that his wife and daughter have been stabbed to death by their son. The young lad has openly admitted the crime and is soon committed for psychiatric care as schizophreni...
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