Hong Kong Feature Film: TAPE | 香港故事片《錄影歹》

Updating the story more than 20 years on from the award-winning 2001 film, TAPE (2023) transposes the setting of Richard Linklater’s groundbreaking classic from the US to Hong Kong in the story of 3 high school friends whose reunion 15 years on uncovers a terrible secret from their past. Starring Kenny Kwan, Selena Lee, and Adam Pak as the present day characters, and 2022 Hong Kong Film Awards winner Mason Fung, Summer Chan, and Angus Yeung as their younger selves, TAPE explores the cultural implications for sexual assault victims in Hong Kong within an environment that has yet to reckon with #MeToo like no other Hong Kong produced film has done before.

Touching upon themes of power, manipulation, and the subjective nature of truth, and set to a score by acclaimed British musician Keaton Henson, TAPE confronts a societal taboo while showing how people remain trapped in time until they can face and heal the wounds of the past.

Credits

Bizhan Tong: Director, Forensic Psychologist, The Escort
Stephen Belber: Writer, Tape (2001), The Laramie Project, Management, Match, O.G., What We Do Next
Bizhan Tong: Writer, Forensic Psychologist, The Escort
Selena Lee: Writer
Bonnie Lo: Writer, 換血, 忘記她是她 HIM, 今日食咩早餐好？, 不折不扣的關係, Abnormal Affair
Kenny Kwan: Key Cast, “Jon”The Twin Flower Legend, The Wife’s Secret, Customs Frontline
Selena Lee: Key Cast, “Amy”Blood and Water, Forensic Heroes IV
Adam Pak: Key Cast, “Wing”A Guilty Conscience, Breakout Brothers, P Storm, Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy
Mason Fung: Key Cast, “Young Jon”Zero to Hero
Summer Chan: Key Cast, “Young Amy”Showbiz Spy, Beyond the Edge, Original Sin
Angus Yeung: Key Cast, “Young Wing”Raging Fire, Bodies at Rest, Social Distancing, Line Walker
Stephen Belber: Producer, What We Do Next, Tommy, O.G., Drifting Elegant
Bizhan Tong: Producer, Forensic Psychologist, The Escort
Selena Lee: Producer,Blood and Water