Sisterhood (2016 film)

Sisterhood
Sisterhood
	Theatrical release poster
Chinese	骨妹
Jyutping	Gwat1 Mui6
Directed by	Tracy Choi
Written by	Au Kin-yee
Produced by	Tang Wai-but; Ding Yuin-shan; Jacqueline Liu
Starring	Gigi Leung; Fish Liew; Jennifer Yu
Cinematography	Cheong Sin-mei
Edited by	Tracy Choi
Music by	Ellison Lau
Production; company	One Cool Film Production
Distributed by	One Cool Pictures
Release dates	December 12, 2016 (IFFAM); February 23, 2017 (Hong Kong);
Running time	97 minutes
Countries	Macau; Hong Kong
Languages	Cantonese; Mandarin
Box office	US$160,000

Sisterhood (Chinese: 骨妹; Jyutping: Gwaat Mui) is a 2016 Macau-Hong Kong drama film directed by Tracy Choi and starring Gigi Leung, Fish Liew and Jennifer Yu.^[2] The film had its North American premiere at the Toronto LGBT Film Festival on 28 May 2017.^[3]^[4]

Premise

In the 1990s, Sei finds herself a job at a massage parlor in Macau and befriends Ling, an older woman who is a single mother. On the eve of Macau's handover to China, they have a fight which sets them on separate paths: Sei moves to Taiwan to marry a guesthouse owner while Ling stays in Macau with her infant son. Fifteen years later, Sei, now in her late thirties, learns that Ling has died. She decides to return to Macau to revisit her past, in a familiar yet very different Macau.

Cast

Gigi Leung as Sei
Fish Liew as Teenage Sei
Jennifer Yu as Ling
Lee Lee-zen as Chen Chung
Kevin Chu as Teenage Chen Chung
Stephanie Che as #38
Panther Chan as Teenage #38
Teresa Mak as #44
Eliz Lao as Teenage #44
Elena Kong as Lai
Dino Acconci as Massage parlor manager
Louis Castro as Bakery boss
Terence Siufay as Restaurant owner
Ai Wai

Soundtrack

Featured songs

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Performer	Length
1.	"Farewell to Yesterday 告別昨天"	Panther Chan, MJ	Panther Chan

Reception

Accolades

Award	Category	Recipient and nominee	Result	Ref
1st Macao International Film Festival and Awards	Audience Choice Award	Sisterhood	Won	^[5]^[6]
1st Macao International Film Festival and Awards	Best New Young Actress	Jennifer Yu	Won	^[5]^[6]
23rd Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award	Best Actress	Fish Liew	Nominated	^[7]
23rd Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award	Best new performer	Jennifer Yu	Nominated	^[7]
12th Osaka Asian Film Festival	Most Promising Talent Award	Fish Liew	Won	^[8]
36th Hong Kong Film Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Fish Liew	Nominated	^{[citation needed]}
36th Hong Kong Film Awards	Best New Performer	Jennifer Yu	Nominated	^{[citation needed]}
17th Chinese Film Media Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Fish Liew	Nominated	^[9] ^{[better source needed]}
17th Chinese Film Media Awards	Best New Performer	Jennifer Yu	Nominated	^[9] ^{[better source needed]}
2017 Inside Out \| Toronto LGBT Film Festival	Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature	Sisterhood	Won	^[10]

References

^ "骨妹-票房收入-香港偶像劇場". hk.dorama.info.
^ Tsui, Clarence (December 21, 2016). "'Sisterhood' ('Gwaat Mui'): Film Review | Macau 2016". The Hollywood Reporter.
^ "Inside Out – Toronto LGBT Film Festival". issuu. 2017. p. 49. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
^ Sumi, Glenn; Cole, Susan G.; Wilner, Norman; Ritchie, Kevin (May 24, 2017). "The Inside scoop on the Inside Out LGBT Film Festival". NOW. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
^ Lee, Edmund (20 July 2018). "Film review: Sisterhood – Macau-set melodrama a poignant tale of lesbian love, loss and longing". South China Morning Post.
^ "Sisterhood Won the 'Eye of the Audience' Macao Audience Choice Award at IFFAM". hkfilmart.com. Hong Kong Trade Development Council. December 2016.
^ Frater, Patrick (February 7, 2017). "Indies, Newcomers Dominate Hong Kong Film Award Nominations". Variety. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
^ "The list of award winners". Osaka Asian Film Festival. 2017.
^ "第17届华语电影传媒盛典公布提名名单" [17th Chinese Film Media Festival announces nomination list]. Mtime.com (in Chinese). August 29, 2017.
^ "Awards – 2017". Inside Out | Toronto LGBT Film Festival. 2017. Archived from the original on 21 November 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2019.

External links

Sisterhood at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
Sisterhood at IMDb
Sisterhood at Douban (in Chinese)
Sisterhood at Mtime.com (archived) (in Chinese)

[1] "骨妹-票房收入-香港偶像劇場". hk.dorama.info.

[Tsui-2] Tsui, Clarence (December 21, 2016). "'Sisterhood' ('Gwaat Mui'): Film Review | Macau 2016". The Hollywood Reporter.

[3] "Inside Out – Toronto LGBT Film Festival". issuu. 2017. p. 49. Retrieved 7 March 2019.

[4] Sumi, Glenn; Cole, Susan G.; Wilner, Norman; Ritchie, Kevin (May 24, 2017). "The Inside scoop on the Inside Out LGBT Film Festival". NOW. Retrieved 7 March 2019.

[5] Lee, Edmund (20 July 2018). "Film review: Sisterhood – Macau-set melodrama a poignant tale of lesbian love, loss and longing". South China Morning Post.

[6] "Sisterhood Won the 'Eye of the Audience' Macao Audience Choice Award at IFFAM". hkfilmart.com. Hong Kong Trade Development Council. December 2016.

[7] Frater, Patrick (February 7, 2017). "Indies, Newcomers Dominate Hong Kong Film Award Nominations". Variety. Retrieved 7 March 2019.

[8] "The list of award winners". Osaka Asian Film Festival. 2017.

[9] "第17届华语电影传媒盛典公布提名名单" [17th Chinese Film Media Festival announces nomination list]. Mtime.com (in Chinese). August 29, 2017.

[10] "Awards – 2017". Inside Out | Toronto LGBT Film Festival. 2017. Archived from the original on 21 November 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2019.

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