Film Archive to present free screening of wartime movie “Sea” (with photo)

     The Hong Kong Film Archive (HKFA) of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department will present a special programme, Cine Memories of the War of National Resistance, at 2.30pm on September 3 (Sunday) with a free screening of "Sea" (1963), a film that is set against the backdrop of a war between China and Japan, for the audience to revisit the cinematic classic on Victory Day of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and to gain a better understanding of this significant historical period.

     The film will be screened at the HKFA Cinema. Admission is free with tickets to be distributed at the information centre of the HKFA starting from August 5 (Saturday), on Monday and from Wednesday to Sunday from 10am to 8pm. Each person can receive up to two tickets on a first-come, first-served basis while stocks last. Limited walk-in seats will also be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Members of the public are welcome to queue up at the 1/F Foyer of the HKFA 45 minutes before the screening begins. Each person can register for one ticket while stocks last.

     Played by veteran actors such as Ng Cho-fan, Cheung Wood-yau and Pak Yin, "Sea" tells a story of a seafarer couple bravely smuggling 17 people into Macao by sea during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. Shortly after the start of the journey, they are pursued by the Japanese and end up on a deserted island, which is also a Japanese military communication base. With solidarity and unity, the eight survivors eventually repel the Japanese together at a cliffhanger moment. The film is in Cantonese without subtitles.

     For programme details, please visit www.filmarchive.gov.hk/en/web/hkfa/pe-event-2023-cvd.html or call 2739 2139 for enquiries.