Family Light Affair

Family Light Affair

92 mins | Drama, Comedy | Feb. 2, 1984

Fresh from his smashing directorial debut comedy, "Let's Make Laugh", Alfred Cheung Kin-Ting returns to the screen with this seriocomic look at the clash of cultures which result when a Mainland Chinese peasant brings his family to Hong Kong. "Family Light Affair", whose Chinese title literally translates as "City Lights", is the director/writer's warm-hearted memoir of street life in the early 1980s, featuring an eclectic cast of pop music and kung fu stars who shine in their poignant roles.

Family Light Affair

92 mins | Drama, Comedy | Feb. 2, 1984

Family Light Affair
Fresh from his smashing directorial debut comedy, "Let's Make Laugh", Alfred Cheung Kin-Ting returns to the screen with this seriocomic look at the clash of cultures which result when a Mainland Chinese peasant brings his family to Hong Kong. "Family Light Affair", whose Chinese title literally translates as "City Lights", is the director/writer's warm-hearted memoir of street life in the early 1980s, featuring an eclectic cast of pop music and kung fu stars who shine in their poignant roles.
Producers Shaw Brothers
Original title 城市之光
Directors Alexander Chan Mong-Wah, Alfred Cheung Kin-Ting, Fruit Chan Goh
Writers Alfred Cheung Kin-Ting

Cast

Kara Hui

as Ah Yin

Ng Wing-Kei

as Ti Ti

Chiu Man-Yan

as Xiao Mei

Ku Feng

as Chen Mu Ke

Lo Lieh

as Ping

Bill Tung

as Mou

Alfred Cheung Kin-Ting

as Police negotiator

Lam Tit-Ching

as Food seller

Fruit Chan Goh

as Driver

Fei Pak

as Policeman