First Night Nerves (2018)
Yuan Xiuling, a former star and has-been actress plans to return to the spotlight of the theater a year after her philandering husband died. She decides to star in Two Sisters, written and directed by transwoman An Ouyang. But, her biggest rival, He Yuwen, a rising actress, also stars in the play. Yuwen plans her theatrical debut through it. During the preparation of the play, such a drama unfolds at the backstage as much as on stage. With the opening night at Hong Kong’s City Hall Theater just seven days away, tensions at rehearsal increase and tempers flare as actresses Xiuling and Yuwen’s buried resentments rise to the surface.
Director: Stanley Kwan Kam-Pang
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Sammi Cheng Sau-Man as Yuan Xiuling |
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Gigi Leung Wing-Kei as He Yuwen |
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Bai Baihe as |
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Angie Chiu Nga-Chi as |
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Qi Xi as |
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Song Ningfeng as Shao Ming |
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Kiki Sheung as Fei Mao |
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Catherine Chau as |
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Mary Hon Ma-Lee as |
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Bernice Liu Bik-Yee as |
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Bowie Lam Bo-Yee as |
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Sun Kim-long as |
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Kam Kwok-Leung as |
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Matt Chow Hoi-Kwong as |
| Camera | Wang Boxue | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Jimmy Ngai Shiu-Yan | Writer |
| Directing | Stanley Kwan Kam-Pang | Director |
| Editing | Shirley Yip Yuen-Ting | Editor |
| Editing | William Chang Suk-Ping | Editor |
| Sound | Li Danfeng | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Edgar Hung | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Yue Yat-Yiu | Original Music Composer |