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The Election    (2005)

 
 
 
Director :
Johnnie To Kei Fung

 
Other titles : Hak Sau Kooi (HK Title)
Hei3 She4 Kuai4 (HK Title)
Election 1 (French Title)
Country : Hong Kong
Film Company : China Star Entertainment Group, Milkyway Image (HK) Ltd., One Hundred Years of Film
Genre : Category 3 / Crime / Triad
HK Category : I I I
Runtime : 99 min.
Video : Colour
Audio : Speaking (Cantonese)
 
Trailer
   
 
 
 Cast :  
Louis Koo Tin Lok
Tony Leung Ka Fai
Nick Cheung Ka Fai
Simon Yam Tat Wah
Lam Suet
Eddie Cheung Siu Fai
Cherrie Ying Choi Yi
Maggie Siu Mei Kei
Andy On Chi Kit
Gordon Lam Ka Tung
     
  
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Plot

Hong Kong' s oldest triad society is about to elect a new chairman when its sacred emblem, the Dragon Head Baton, goes missing. Five sectional leaders, known as the Tigers, turn all their resources over to retrieving the baton before individual and factional ambitions threaten to breakdown the society's central control. (hkfilmart.com)
 
  Notes  
1.  2006 Hong Kong Film Awards (HK, China) :
- Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor : Tony Leung Ka Fai
- Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director : Johnnie To
- Hong Kong Film Award for Best Picture
- Hong Kong Film Award for Best Screenplay
- Nomination : Best Actor (Simon Yam)
- Nomination : Best Cinematography
- Nomination : Best Film Editing
- Nomination : Best Original Film Score
- Nomination : Best Supporting Actor (Wong Tin Lam)
- Nomination : Best Supporting Actress Maggie Siu)
 
2.  2005 Festival de Cannes (Cannes, France) :
- Official Selection
 
3.  2005 Golden Horse Film Festival (Taipei, Taiwan) :
- Golden Horse Award for Best Original Screenplay
- Golden Horse Award for Best Sound Effect
- Nomination : Best Action Choreography
- Nomination : Best Actor (Tony Leung Ka Fai)
- Nomination : Best Cinematography
- Nomination : Best Director
- Nomination : Best Make Up & Costume Design
- Nomination : Best Original Film Score
- Nomination : Best Picture
- Nomination : Best Supporting Actor (Wong Tin Lam)
 
4.  2006 Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards (HK, China) :
- HKFCS Award for Best Director
- HKFCS Award for Best Film
 
5.  2005 Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival (Sitges, Spain) :
- Best Director
 
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Director :
Johnnie To Kei Fung
 
 Cast : (when available)  (Hide) (full cast & crew)

Louis Koo Tin Lok

Tony Leung Ka Fai

Nick Cheung Ka Fai

Simon Yam Tat Wah

Lam Suet

Eddie Cheung Siu Fai

Cherrie Ying Choi Yi

Maggie Siu Mei Kei

Andy On Chi Kit

Gordon Lam Ka Tung
 
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 Interview : Johnnie To On Election 1 & 2 (preview)
HK talents > Film directors > Other directors
Author(s) : Bastian Meiresonne
Date : 15/5/2006
Type(s) : Interview
Page(s) : 1  - index
   
 
 
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