Hong Kong City Hall Venue Partnership Scheme: “Modern Wuxia: To Turn, To Be”

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A warrior’s shadow shimmers amidst skyscrapers An urban legend about chivalry and justice The martial arts novelist’s world might have faded away, but neon lights of our reality linger. At age 53, our protagonist quits his job and goes to Songshan to study martial arts for three whole years. After his return, equipped with physical skills totally out of sync with the times, he tries his best to exercise chivalry in a concrete jungle. He uses French fries as darts, assembles cardboard for a couch, gives his best shot as a loner in the martial arts world countering jeers and rejections. In the real world, there are no villains to be vanquished, only life’s bone-crushing pressures. Yet he stubbornly resists them all, vowing to etch out what “chivalry” means in our material, mundane world. This is a fable for adults and a heroic epic about a loser. Listen to the winds, perhaps you can still catch an echo of the warrior’s cry.

高樓間的豪俠身影 一個關於俠義的都市傳說 武俠小說作家筆下的江湖已遠，現實中的霓虹未滅。 五十三歲的主人翁毅然「裸辭」，赴嵩山學武三年，歸來後欲以一身不合時宜的武藝行走香江，試圖在鋼筋森林中印證俠義精神。他以薯條為鏢，以紙皮為榻，在嘲笑與驅逐中演繹著一個人的武林。現實沒有反派讓他擊倒，只有生活的重力讓他粉身碎骨，但他依然負隅頑抗，誓要在俗世的高牆間鑿出「俠義」的可能。 這是一部獻給成年人的當代童話，也是一首關於失敗者的英雄史詩，且聽風中是否仍有俠影餘聲。