{"id":53137,"date":"2026-05-17T16:46:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T08:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=53137"},"modified":"2026-05-17T16:46:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T08:46:41","slug":"why-hong-kong-filmmaking-couple-alex-law-and-mabel-cheungs-nostalgia-films-are-must-sees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=53137","title":{"rendered":"Why Hong Kong filmmaking couple Alex Law and Mabel Cheung\u2019s nostalgia films are must-sees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/05\/14\/e1c2f799-cbff-41ce-971e-f6249a6876a6_6a6f6679.jpg?itok=JIzn29Rx&amp;v=1778748570\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">While their wider filmography captured the grand sweep of history, some of the couple\u2019s most poignant collaborations offer a more intimate look at migration and memory. Here are two essential Law-and-Cheung films you should not miss.<\/p>\n<h3 type=\"h3\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"eh0yk8h0 css-17x7qa9 e1pqa4re1\">Eight Taels of Gold (1989)<\/h3>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">The third part of Cheung and Law\u2019s \u201cmigration trilogy\u201d, directed by the former and scripted by both, follows a homesick New York taxi driver\u2019s return to his hometown in China after 15 years in <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Chinatown<\/span>.<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">The film centres on a failed romance between the cabby (played by Hung) and his distant cousin (<span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Sylvia Chang Ai-chia<\/span>), with observations about China\u2019s modernisation occurring naturally in the background.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cNostalgia for the land of one\u2019s childhood is a theme which should strike a deep responsive chord among the people of Hong Kong, most of whom are either one or two generations removed from [mainland] China,\u201d South China Morning Post critic Paul Fonoroff wrote in 1989.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/entertainment\/article\/3353554\/why-hong-kong-filmmaking-couple-alex-law-and-mabel-cheungs-nostalgia-films-are-must-sees?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While their wider filmography captured the grand sweep of history, some of the couple\u2019s most poignant collaborations offer a more intimate look at migration and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[11106,11756,1190,22890,4921,3569,5231,863,22891,22892,13311],"class_list":["post-53137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-alex","tag-cheungs","tag-couple","tag-filmmaking","tag-films","tag-hong","tag-kong","tag-law","tag-mabel","tag-mustsees","tag-nostalgia","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/53138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}