Sisterhood (2016 film)

2016 Macanese-Hong Kong film by Tracy Choi

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 (2016-12-12) (IFFAM)
* February 23, 2017 (2017-02-23) (Hong Kong)

Running time

| 97 minutes
Countries| Macau
Hong Kong
Languages| Cantonese
Mandarin
Box office| US$160,000[1]

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

## Premise

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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

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* 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

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### Featured songs

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No.| Title| Writer(s)| Performer| Length

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1.| "Farewell to Yesterday 告別昨天"| Panther Chan, MJ| Panther Chan|

## Reception

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### Accolades

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Award  | Category  | Recipient and nominee  | Result  | Ref

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1st Macao International Film Festival and Awards | Audience Choice Award  | Sisterhood | Won  |

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Best New Young Actress  | Jennifer Yu | Won
23rd Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award | Best Actress  | Fish Liew  | Nominated  |

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Best new performer  | Jennifer Yu  | Nominated
12th Osaka Asian Film Festival  | Most Promising Talent Award  | Fish Liew  | Won  |

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36th Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Fish Liew  | Nominated  |

[citation needed]

Best New Performer | Jennifer Yu  | Nominated
17th Chinese Film Media Awards | Best Supporting Actress  | Fish Liew  | Nominated  |

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[better source needed]
Best New Performer  | Jennifer Yu  | Nominated
2017 Inside Out | Toronto LGBT Film Festival | Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature  | Sisterhood | Won  |

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## References

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1. ^ "骨妹-票房收入-香港偶像劇場". hk.dorama.info.
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.

## Further reading

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* Gray, Madeleine (August 23, 2017). "Just Friends? "Sisterhood" And The Queer Female Experience". Curve.
* Kai, Poo Yee (27 February 2017). "Debut director catches the changing face of Macau". China Entertainment News.
* "Lesbian film director Tracy Choi talks about her new film《Sisterhood》and the reason why she used a massage parlor as her main set". LalaTai. November 21, 2017.
* "Sisterhood – love, loss and longing in Macau". Screen NSW. September 21, 2017.

## External links

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

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