20th New York Asian Film Festival

Aug 6-22, 2021

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North American Premiere

Coffin Homes

鬼同你住

If you think real estate prices are high in New York, just wait’ll you see the claustrophobic spaces and sky-high rents in Hong Kong, where things are so bad for the underclasses, they’re actually starting to cohabitate with the dead. In Fruit Chan’s spine-tingling, funny-bone-tickling Coffin Homes, discounted haunted properties are suddenly hot, especially if they’re bigger than a burial box. Sometimes, the deceased are happy to have roommates. Sometimes, a bloody mess ensues. When a new vacancy tax imposes a burden on empty high-rise developers, real estate agent Jimmy (Wong You-nam of _Hell Bank Presents: Running Ghost, _NYAFF 2020) invites “poverty-flat” residents to stay overnight in a tower with all the lights on—as long as they leave in the morning. Ghost boy Lil’ Keung has waited an eternity for the chance to live in luxury, and a gaggle of gangsters isn’t gonna stop him. Bonus: Don’t miss the homage to Kubrick’s The Shining.

Director: Fruit Chan
Cast: Cheung Tat Ming, Bonnie Ngai, Susan Shaw, Loletta Lee, Paul Che (AKA Paul Carr), Tai Bo, Wong You-nam
Languages: Cantonese with English subtitles
2021; 107 min.

SCHEDULE:

Friday August 20, 9:00pm
SVA Theatre

AVAILABLE: Aug 20, 9:00 PM - Aug 20, 10:45 PM