Spacked Out (無人駕駛) [In-Person Only]
$14 General Admission
$10 Student/Child/Senior
$7 NWFF Member
About
(Lawrence Lau, Hong Kong, 2000, 91 min, in Cantonese with English subtitles)
In the godforsaken satellite city of Tuen Mun, 13-year-old Cookie suspects she’s pregnant. Lately things have not been going her way. Her mother left; her father ignores her; her best friend is in reform school; and her boyfriend is off selling bootleg VCDs in bustling Mong Kok. Flanked by her ride-or-dies Banana, Sissy, and Bean-curd, she journeys into town to find an abortionist.
Swimming in turn-of-century malaise, this Category III youth drama is a grim but grounded slice of ’90s urban grime that offers an update on director Lawrence Lau’s 1988 debut Gangs (a shocking account of underage Triads). The all-girl quartet survive on the lowest rungs of gang life long after the bosses have gone legit, supporting one another as they navigate drug abuse, bad boyfriends and way-overdue library books.
Produced by Johnnie To and written by Lo Chi-leung (Viva Erotica), Spacked Out unfolds not unlike a Hong Kong answer to Uli Edel’s Christiane F. or Larry Clark’s Kids.
Synopsis and stills courtesy of Kani Releasing.
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We stand against tyranny. Through solidarity actions and exhibitions, we seek to ignite the lamp of liberty in our hearts and our aspiration for democracy, freedom, and human rights. Believing that all of us are created free and equal, we raise awareness about and connect with people under the rule or threats of autocratic regimes. Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves. Let’s do it together!