Echoes of the Rainbow

Echoes of the Rainbow (Sui Yuet San Tau)

Alex Law, 2010, 117´

Set in 1960s Hong Kong and manifesting the socio-economic changes the country underwent through many elements ranging from class division to typhoons and from corruption to incurable disease, the plot develops around the family’s eldest son, an athletic boy popular in his school, getting leukemia. The film won the Crystal Bear award at the Berlin Film Festival in the Generation category and was a great success at the 2010 Hong Kong Film Awards.