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Reviewed by dave118118 8 / 10

An important film

In Broad Daylight - 7.5/10A Hong Kong set Chinese film about systemic abuse in care homes. It's an investigative journalism procedural and it ticks all the boxes you expect. It's very similar to the Weinstein exposé film She Said and follows more of less the exact same template.I expected the horrors of the care home abuse to be frequent and harrowing, but it instead focuses more on the human relationships between the various residents that occupy the home. It is at its best in the quieter moments when human emotion is allowed to bubble up to the surface. The score and cinematography kick in, and you get way more heart-warming moments than I expected.Towards the end the focus on the abuses does ramp up, but it is handled tastefully and doesn't contrive any unnecessary shock tactics to convey its message. Some of the subtitles moved extremely fast so there are a few snippets of info I didn't fully take in. It touches on the widespread scale of the abuse throughout the country and given that it has only recently been exposed the mainstream media, it makes it all feel extremely prescient.An important film that approaches its difficult subject matter with respect, but perhaps in the hands of a better storyteller it could have been more impactful.Much like the Anthony Hopkins film One Life that I saw a few weeks ago, at the end of the film everyone remained seated till the very end of the credits as a mark of respect for the subject matter.

Reviewed by CinemaSerf 7 / 10

In Broad daylight

This is actually quite an harrowing film that follows the investigative journalism of a woman who poses as the grandfather of a man in the rather dilapidated "Rainbow Bridge" Care Home. "Kay" (Jennifer Yu) turns up one day to chat with her aged and senile relative only to witness scenes of neglect and violence that the nurses and manager put down to discipline and being understaffed. That second point is most definitely true, and after befriending the cook she volunteers to assist - only to discover that what she saw on day one is but the tip of the iceberg and that the place has an history epitomised by the terrified "Ming Chai" (Henick Chou) and the young and impressionable "Wong Siu-Ling" (Rachel Leung) who pays an heavy price for her love of ice-cream. As the story unfolds, we realise that nobody is quite whom they appear and we find ourselves involved in legal proceedings that show up a shocking lack of interest from the authorities, some money-grabbing and duplicitous investors, a staff who treat these patients with scant regard - and that's at best, and we are exposed to an environment of physical, mental and sexual cruelty that makes you squirm. The acting from Yu and from the increasingly impressive (if odious) Bowie Lam as the man in charge is potently effective, as is the rather sparing dialogue - so much of this is laid before us for our own evaluation and that works well too. The conclusion - well you couldn't really make that up and it does disgust, on so many fronts. It's well worth a watch, this film.

Reviewed by ryanmo-35178 7 / 10

In Broad Daylight

2023 [CN]

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In Broad Daylight

2023 [CN]

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