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“With images we’ll declare to the world our desire for freedom. With our bodies we’ll express our passion for Hong Kong for the past century.” The Cube Phantom is unlike any Hong Kong film you’ve seen: a virtually wordless dance poem in ten parts, it explores the exultation and the tragedy of the city in ten different site-specific choreographed sequences. Naked except for thick chalky paint, three dancers struggle to move: are they prisoners, ghosts, corpses, souls in torment? Sequences inspired by parkour and hip hop bound through waterways of Tai O and Mid Levels’ slopes. A stark battle in a vast expressionistic sewer is followed by a feral man in a cage sequence inspired by Cageman.


Filmmaker Alan Lau, choreographer Jordann de Santis, composer Anthony Cheng and a troupe of fearless, expressive dancers have created a thrilling, visceral pop/art tribute to the power of Hong Kong’s indomitable people. The story of Hong Kong's history to touch the eternal truth and people's desire for freedom through the body language of actors to portray unprecedented angst and anxiety after it's de-colonizes in 1997 from the British to Chinese Government.

  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    73 minutes
  • Country
    Hong Kong
  • Premiere
    49th International Film Festival Rotterdam
  • Genre
    Musical
  • Director
    Alan Lau
  • Screenwriter
    Alan Lau, Isis Tso
  • Producer
    Peter Yam, Shuk Fong Chong, Min Bahadur Bham
  • Executive Producer
    Alan Lau
  • Filmmaker
    Alan Lau
  • Cast
    Tung Chung-can , Chan Wing-yip
  • Editor
    Alan Lau, Bill Yip
  • Production Design
    Ng Siu-wai
  • Music
    Antony Cheng
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