

Pak-kiu works as a gaffer while waiting for his first break in front of the camera. An inviting target of ridicule, he remains unwavering that he will rise above the sordid realities of the glamorous world of film-making with his determination to be a proper actor rather than a star. So when he is offered a bit part as a cancer patient in a new film, he jumps at the chance to practise method acting, literally getting into his character and inhabiting him through claiming membership of a support group, which reunites him with an old classmate. However, the reunion, shrouded in a façade of altruistic motive, leaves him ill-prepared for a role in real life that is not so easily dismissed as a character in the script...
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Fresh Wave 2013 鮮浪潮 - 競賽短片《I Can't Live Without A Dream》Trailer
Cast

Chan Kin-Long
Chan Pak Kiu

Ranya Lee
Lee Sum Yuet

Lee Sheung-Ching
Paul

Buber Mak
Ka Wing
Franco Chan
Second Assistant Director
Jan Curious
Casting Director
Nikki Lau Siu-Shu
Assistant director
Leslie Ho
Gaffer
Ng Ka-Chuen
Best Boy
Cheung Wing-sum
Make-Up Artist
Howell Tsang Ho Yeung
Ho Yeung
Ernest Hui Hei Yu
Assistant Camera
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