In order to preserve the value of his assets, the Lo's family a patriarch (Francis Ng) spends all his saving's and his father's retirements pensions to purchase an old-age flat in the middle of a noisy neighborhood, cohabiting with his neurotic wife (Anita Yuen), unemployed son (Ng Siu-hin), daughter (Jocelyn Choi) who is going through puberty and his elderly, disabled father (Cheung Tat-ming). As the children are growing up, they naturally are facing difficulty and pressure in life, leading to big arguments over small things occurring in the family. Luckily, through a window in the living room lies a distant view of the beautiful ocean which calms the household down. However, one day, the ocean view disappears after a billboard was illegally built by a rooftop house on a neighboring building which blocked the view. For the Lo family, it was like the end of the world and they started to quarrel nonstop. To regain the peace within the household, the Lo family does everything to exterminate the illegal billboard structure and the owner (Louis Koo) of the rooftop house.
Alternativtitel: Family Surprise
Schwarze Neujahrskomödie, immerhin eine mit HK All Star Cast.
Neben den beiden nach Shed Skin Papa (2018) erneut zusammen spielenden Koo und Ng gibt's u.a. Anthony Wong, Anita Yuen, Cheung Tat-Ming, Lawrence Cheng, Lam Suet, Lo Hoi-Pang, Vincent Kok, Sam Lee, Wu Fung, Ricky Yi, Wilfred Lau, Lam Tze-Chung, Law Kar-Ying und Kingdom Yuen zu sehen.
Trailer Fehlanzeige.
Film ist übrigens schon eine Weile auf Halt, soll aber jetzt am 19.01. doch starten.
Vielleicht läuft er nur in Koos neuerdings eigenem Kino in der Harbour Rd. (Das ehemalige Hong Kong Arts Centre Cinema .)