After the Crescent (Yuet Moot Lo)

(China/Hong Kong 1997, VHS, 123 min.)

Director: Chang Wai-Hung
Cast: Ho Pui-Yi, Fang Man-for, Lau Wai-shan, Yun Wing-hung

17-year old Meme Lam discovers that she is pregnant after recently breaking up with her boyfriend, Wah. She wanders the streets of Hong Kong, looking for an answer and runs into an eclectic cast of characters. Through Meme's encounters, audience enter into the heart of Hong Kong... Shot in semi-documentary style, Indie Hong Kong filmmaker Chang Wai-Hung's debut feature film is the first in his "Lunar Trilogy" as well as the first feature film funded by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council.

Director's Biography

Chang Wai-huang was born in Hong Kong in 1963 and has been writing on film since 1983. He started his career as a screenwriter in 1985 when he joined Jackie Chan's Golden Way Films Production. He wrote and directed his first feature, After the Crescent (97), with a grant from the Hong Kong Arts Development Council. Among the Stars (2000), also funded by the HKADC, is Part II of his Lunar Trilogy.

Director's Note

"For Meme, the days of her childhood in Wanchai seem to be vanishing. The trams are still there, yes, but they don't "ding-ding" any more. Now she only knows how to indulge herself in her good old days. Who knows when a breakthrough can be expected? Today is the lunar fifteenth and the moon is full. The earth has already experienced many full moons, but this is the first one for Meme and it seems to reflect her annoyance, expectations, loneliness, love and even the magical moment of her little life. This night is not going to be a normal night at all."
- Wai-huang Chang