Time Still Turns the Pages: Moving Forward with Loving Remembrance《年少日記》

Press Release from illume films, with notes from Kayla Lo
DIrected by NICK CHEUK
PRODUCED BY Derek Yee

NOW AVAILABLE In THEATRES ACROSS NORTH AMERICA

“Time Still Turns the Pages” has been generating buzz since its debut in Hong Kong cinema, earning recognition at the 60th Golden Horse Awards for Best New Director and the Audience Choice Award, and its box office has just hit HKD 26 million in Hong Kong. The film tackles the sensitive issues of student suicides in Hong Kong and prevailing family traumas. “Time Still Turns the Pages” is a deeply resonant work exploring family, trauma, and mental health.

INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR Nick Cheuk

Preview Image Credits: Asian Film Awards Academy

SYNOPSIS

High school teacher Cheng looks back to his repressed childhood memories, as he finds an anonymous suicide note in the classroom. He strives hard to prevent another tragedy from happening, meanwhile facing a series of family problems, his wife is divorcing him, and his father is dying.

Starring Lo Chun Yip, Ronald Cheng, Hanna Chan, Rosa Maria Velasco, Sean Wong, Curtis Ho, Sabrina Ng, Henick Chou, Yukki Tai, Nancy Kwai, and more.

一封沒署名的遺書、一羣看似無恙的學生，讓中學老師鄭Sir（盧鎮業飾）想起充滿暴力與遺憾的童年往事。他亦面對妻子（陳漢娜飾）離別、父親（鄭中基飾）病危，同時必須找出企圖輕生的同學，阻止悲劇重現。

《年少日記》由盧鎮業、鄭中基、陳漢娜、韋羅莎、黃梓樂領銜主演，何珀廉、吳冰、周漢寧、戴玉麒、歸綽嶢主演。

DIRECOTR NICK CHEUK 導演卓亦謙

Director NICK CHEUK
Reposted from NICK CHEUK Instagram

Nick Cheuk is a member of the Hong Kong Screenwriters' Guild, he is also the scriptwriter of “Paradox” and “Zombiology: Enjoy Yourself Tonight”. He is the Creative Director of the 38th Hong Kong Film Awards.

Graduated from the School of Creative Media of the City University of Hong Kong in 2013, majoring in Film Arts, in 2022, Nick wrote his directorial debut “Time Still Turns The Pages”.

卓亦謙，香港電影編劇家協會成員、電影《殺破狼·貪狼》、《今晚打喪屍》編劇、第38屆香港電影金像獎創作總監。2013年畢業於香港城市大學創意媒體學院，主修電影藝術，2022年執導及編寫爾冬陞監製電影《年少日記》。

Director’s Statement 導演的話

The idea of creating "Time Still Turns The Pages" was inspired by the issue of students' suicide problem in Hong Kong in recent years. I wanted to analyze the causes of these tragedies and dispel the public's misunderstanding of these children by exploring their journey in the face of pressure from their studies, families and society.

構思《年少日記》是受到近年香港學童輕生的問題啟發，想透過探討學童在面對學業、家庭和社會壓力時的心路歷程，分析悲劇發生的原因，並消除社會大眾對學童的誤解。

tIME STILL TURNS THE PAGES Official Trailer

Release Date: JANUARY 19th. 2024

THE CREW 製作團隊

Written & Directed by 編劇、導演: Nick Cheuk 卓亦謙
Produced By 監製: Derek Yee 爾冬陞
Director of Photography 攝影指導: Meteor Cheung (HKSC) 流星
Production Designer 美術總監: Irving Cheung 張蚊
Costume Designer 服裝指導: Law Wun Fong 羅煥芳
Editors 剪接: Chan Hiu Chun Keith 陳曉進 , Nick Cheuk 卓亦謙
Music Composers 配樂: Hanz Au 區樂恆 , iii IrisLiu 廖頴琛, Jolyon Cheung 張戩仁
Sound Design 音效設計: Yiu Chun Hin 姚俊軒, Lee Yiu Keung George 李耀強

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