92 mins Cantonese
SYNOPSIS
Suk Suk presents the story of two closeted married men in their twilight years. One day Pak, 70, a taxi driver who refuses to retire, meets Hoi, 65, a retired single father, in a park. Despite years of societal and personal pressure, they are proud of the families they have created through hard work and determination. Yet in that brief initial encounter, something is unleashed in them which had been suppressed for so many years. As both men recount and recall their personal histories, they also contemplate a possible future together.
Suk Suk studies the subtle day-to-day moments of two men as they struggle between conventional expectations and personal desires.
THE EVENT
Join us for two screenings of queer Hong Kong director Ray Yeung’s most recent films, Suk Suk and All Shall Be Well – both centred on the lives of older queer people, Suk Suk on older gay men, All Shall Be Well on older lesbians. For the first time this ESEA Heritage Month, we're screening both films across two nights, with the director himself and producers Chowee Leow and Stan Guingon joining us in person for a Q&A on the second night, 26 September.
These two films are a thread connecting us to our elders, the ones who navigated hostile landscapes, preserved chosen family, and reimagined what queer life could look like long before it was safe to do so.
Screening them together is a chance for ESEA queer folks and allies to recognise the resilience of those who came before us, and to carry their stories forward as part of our own evolving thread.
