Hong Kong / Dec 18, 2013 / IIB / Fresh Wave International Short Film Festival 2013

I Can't Live Without A Dream (2013)
Overall average
5.0/10
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Plot
Pak-kiu works as a gaffer while waiting for his first break in front of the camera. An inviting target of ridicule, he remains unwavering that he will rise above the sordid realities of the glamorous world of film-making with his determination to be a proper actor rather than a star. So when he is offered a bit part as a cancer patient in a new film, he jumps at the chance to practise method acting, literally getting into his character and inhabiting him through claiming membership of a support group, which reunites him with an old classmate. However, the reunion, shrouded in a façade of altruistic motive, leaves him ill-prepared for a role in real life that is not so easily dismissed as a character in the script...
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Leslie Ho | Gaffer |
| Ng Ka-Chuen | Best Boy |
| Cheung Wing-sum | Make-Up Artist |
| Howell Tsang Ho Yeung | Ho Yeung |
| Ernest Hui Hei Yu | Assistant Camera |
| Wong Wai Tung | Assistant Camera |
| Jolyon Cheung | Doctor |
| Sean Lau Ching-Wan | Poon Ka Fai (Voice) |
| Gary Ma Ka-Lei | Poon Ka Fai (Double) |
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Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | I Can't Live Without A Dream |
| Original language | 广州话 / 廣州話 (CN) |
| Spoken languages | 广州话 / 廣州話 |
| Production countries | Hong Kong |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Fresh Wave, Hong Kong Arts Development Council |
| Official site | freshwave.hk |
| Release date | 18 dicembre 2013 |
| Production | Claudia Ho Wing-Tung, Esther Lui |
| Writer | Chan Kin-Long |
| Editing | Chan Kin-Long, Karson Ho, Mak Ho Nin |
| Cinematography | Rick Lau Tsz-Kin, Liu Tin-Chun, Kwok Wing Kin, Derek Siu Hing-Wa, Wong Luk Ho, Chau Kai Cheung, Wong Wai Tung |
| Assistant directors | Yeung King-lun, Chan Kin-Long, Jolyon Cheung |
| Lighting | Chung Wai Lau, Wong Wai Tung, Ernest Hui Hei Yu, Lam Chi Yu, Will Or Wai-Lam, Tse Ho Wai, Raymond Yeung Chin Pang, Tsang Tsz-Kin |
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| Camera operators | Chau Kai Cheung, Rick Lau Tsz-Kin, Liu Tin-Chun, Kwok Wing Kin, Derek Siu Hing-Wa, Wong Luk Ho, Wong Wai Tung |
| Additional photography | Rick Lau Tsz-Kin, Liu Tin-Chun, Kwok Wing Kin, Derek Siu Hing-Wa, Wong Luk Ho, Chau Kai Cheung, Wong Wai Tung |
| Production design | Jessica So, Cheung Wing-sum |
| Art direction | Jessica So, Cheung Wing-sum |
| Set decoration | Jessica So, Cheung Wing-sum |
| Music | Jolyon Cheung, Tai Tsz Hin, Li Chi Fung, Beep Tsui Wai-Nga |
| Sound | Tai Tsz Hin, Li Chi Fung, Beep Tsui Wai-Nga, Jolyon Cheung |
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