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To Live and Die in Mongkok

2009 · 96 min Crime Drama
5.4 / 10 · TMDB

Set within Mongkok, Hong Kong, an area known as the most crowded in the world, a schizophrenic ex-con views his Mongkok surroundings as a prison he can't get out of after he is released from a 30 years jail sentence.

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Original Title 旺角監獄
Year 2009
Country Hong Kong
Genre Crime, Drama
Director Wong Jing
Runtime 96 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.4/10 (7 votes)

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The film constructs a potent allegory where the city itself becomes an extension of the protagonist's fractured psyche. It relies on the visceral contrast between Mongkok's chaotic energy and the internal prison of schizophrenia, exploring a trauma that outlives a prison sentence.

What lingers after viewing is a claustrophobic portrait of a man for whom freedom is a psychological impossibility, forever trapped within the walls he carries in his mind. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Wong Jing

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