Fly Me To The Moon

Synopsis

Yuen moves to Hong Kong with her mother from Hunan at the age of 8 to reunite with her father. Everything in the city is dazzling and new to her. However, the family face poverty and a cultural barrier. Worse still, her father was a drug addict, had an erratic temper, and was often sent to prison, causing him to disappear from the family for long periods of time. All she wants is that her younger sister could reunite with them as soon as possible. Out of fear, the sisters try to appease to their father in their younger years. As soon as they reach adolescence, they start to resist and escape from him. However, even after they grow up and move away from him, Yuen realizes all the people she loves and treasures resemble her father in her childhood memories.

Director’s biography

Sasha Chuk was born in 1991, she is a Cantonese writer, screenwriter and director. She majored in Chinese literature and sociology at the Faculty of Arts, Hong Kong University (China). Her film Fly Me to the Moon won the FIPRESCI award and the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) award at the 2023 Golden Horse Film Festiva