Sep 19, 1996
96 min
Full-HD

Floating Life (1996)

An aging Hong Kong couple move to Australia with their two youngest sons. They stay with a daughter who has already begun a successful career. Meanwhile their eldest daughter lives in Germany and their eldest son remains in Hong Kong. The film explores the different ways the family members cope with isolation and alienation.

Category

Comedy Drama

Country

Australia

Companies

Hibiscus Films Southern Star Entertainment

Annette Shun Wah

Yen Chan

Annie Liu On-Lai

Bing Chan

Anthony Brandon Wong

Gar Ming

Edwin Pang

Pa

Heung-Sing Lee

Mum

Toby Wong Chun-Lam

Yue

Toby Chan

Chau

Julian Pulvermacher

Michael

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