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A Guilty Conscience
2023

A Guilty Conscience

毒舌大狀 (Original Title)

"A Guilty Conscience" is a 2023 Hong Kong black comedy legal film, directed and written by Ng Wai-lun and stars Dayo Wong, Tse Kwan-ho, Louise Wong, Fish Liew, and Michael Fitzgerald Wong, co-stars Dee Ho Kai Wa, Renci Yeung and Adam Pak Tin Nam. Lam Bo Yee and Vincent Kok Tak Chiu make friendly guest appearances. Notably, the film is Ng Wai-lun's first feature film as a director after being the screenwriter for "Cold War". The primary theme of the movie revolves around a sharp-tongued lawyer who uses his incisive wit to combat the privileged. The movie was released in 12 regions including Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, mainland China, Taiwan, and Japan and premiered on January 21, 2023. After a month in theaters, "A Guilty Conscience" broke box office records three times and the total box office surpassed 100 million Hong Kong dollars in 32 days, becoming the first Hong Kong film in the history of Hong Kong's cinema to break the 100 million box office mark. On April 14, 2024, "A Guilty Conscience" won the Best Film award at the 42nd Hong Kong Film Awards.

2h 14min
2023 年 1 月 21 日
7.2
IMDb
Status
  • Two years ago, in 2002, the barrister Lam Leung Shui (played by Dayo Wong) transitioned from his role as a judge to becoming a lawyer. His first case was to help his client Tsang Kit Yee (played by Louise Wong) with a child abuse case. However, due to his mistake, Tsang Kit Yee was wrongfully convicted for manslaughter and sentenced to 17 years in prison. He felt deeply guilty about this and moved his office from the lawyer's building in Central to a tenement building in Mong Kok, marking a steep decline in his reputation. Two years later, in 2004, an accidental discovery led Lam Leung Shui to new evidence in the Tsang Kit Yee case. To make up for his previous mistake and seek redemption, he retrieved his master Tai Zi (played by Dee Ho) and his former collaborating barrister Fong Ka Kwan (played by Renci Yeung) to retry the case. However, who they had to face was Tsang Kit Yee's enemy from the past, Chung Nien Wah (played by Fish Liew), and the powerful resources and authority behind her. Confronted with numerous threats, how do Lam Leung Shui and his team handle this situation and clear Tsang Kit Yee's unfounded conviction?

  • Release Date
    2023 年 1 月 21 日
  • Languages
  • Regions
  • Local Box Office
    $115,000,000 HKD
  • Foreign Box Office
    MOP6.7 million (Macau); RMB 187 million (China); NT$1,380,000 (Taiwan); RM10.1 million (Malaysia); S$400,000 (Singapore); £23,900 (UK); AUD$350,000 (Australia); $262,323 USD (New Zealand)
  • Cumulative Worldwide Gross
    $43,933,045 USD
  • Filming Locations
    • Ma Sa Restaurant
  • Runtime
    2 hours 14 minutes
  • Picture Format
  • Won
    • 2024 Golden BROWN Awards 2023 Golden BROWN Awards
      • User Reviews
      • IMDb Rating
        7.2
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