I admire directors like Hui who keep making movies despite never getting rich.
'Our Time Will Come' may have been on a small budget but actress Xun Zhou is one of the biggest stars in China. I only found that out because her acting made me curious. Turns out that there are half a dozen movies of hers that I should see.
'Our Time Will Come' may be a biopic about resistance fighters but focuses on drama not special effects.
It's not a big movie but better than average because I was appreciative of it for teaching me a history I never knew.
Whereas every country has gone through enormous trouble and most of the Public accept victimhood, there are always heroes. Here, a young woman becomes a legend.
Undoubtedly, many parts in between were fictionalised but Hui made a smart move by inserting pieces of an interview she did with a taxi driver. He was 10 years old, a message carrier for the resistance against the Japanese, and he met our heroine twice. He's the last alive so it's sad that this old man must still drive a taxi to stay alive.
And even sadder that Hong Kong, once again, is fighting for its freedom which, I expect, it will lose.