First of May

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First of May

Mrs. Ho, a senile and distraught widow, lives by herself in a walk-up building. For more than half a century, Mrs. Ho has been living in her flat since she was married. But, after an accident, her legs went lame. Her son keeps persuading her to sell the flat and move into a building with lifts. She refuses and she wants to hold onto the flat, her only contact with her dead husband, where they used to do tap-dance together. Of course, they weren’t Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers but, the film makes touchingly clear, we need to listen to rhythm of their dance. More importantly, Mrs. Ho’s perseverance and strength recall the portrayal of another old woman – Ella Garth (Jo Van Fleet) in Elia Kazan’s masterpiece Wild River (1960).

Original Title

五月的第一天

Release Date

2017-03-18

Year

2017

Duration

21m

Status

Released

Score

0.00

Genres

#tap-dance

Cast

Yeung Yee-Yee

Yeung Yee-Yee

Mrs. Ho

Lo Chun-Yip

Lo Chun-Yip

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Ng Kam Chuen