All Apologies /愛的替身
Hong Kong / 2012 / 88 min.
Director: Emily TANG
[Introduction]
Set in a small village in China's Guangxi Province, tragedy strikes Yonggui, a 38-year-old construction site supervisor. His only son is involved in a traffic accident while riding their neighbor, Heman's pedicab and dies. The court orders Heman to pay a large sum of money in compensation, but he too, has suffered serious injuries and can not even pay the hospital fees. Furthermore, Yonggui is shocked to learn his wife, Yun Zhen, had secretly undergone a sterilization procedure. Yonggui demands of the hospitalized Heman, "give me my son back," but their conversation ends in mutual cursing. Enraged by Heman's sharp parting words, Yonggui goes to Heman's wife, Qiaoyu. Then, something happens that ensnares these two families in irreversible circumstancesThe highly anticipated new film by Emily TANG since "Perfect Life" is a masterpiece that shows through precise psychological portraits an unbelievable story of men and women becoming inextricably connected as if by the toppling of a single domino. YANG Shuting's performance of Qiaoyu is outstanding. "Mr. Tree" director, HAN Jie co-wrote the script.
Emily TANG
Born in 1970 in Sichuan Province, China and grew up in Beijing. Studied French literature and language at Peking University before gaining a Master of Arts in Drama from the Chinese National Institute of Arts. Produced and directed documentaries for Chinese Central Television (CCTV) in 1997. Studied directing at the Central Academy of Drama the following year, laying the foundations for her career as a film director. Directed her first dramatic feature film "Conjugation" in 2001 which was selected for the Locarno Film Festival's competition section and received a special mention. Her second film, "Perfect Life" (08) was screened at the Orizzonti Section at the Venice screened at the Orizzonti Section at the Venice 2008, and won the Dragons and Tigers Award at the 2009 Vancouver International Film Festival.
