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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Amy Hawkins Senior China correspondent

Courtroom drama is Hong Kong’s highest grossing Chinese-language film ever

Dayo Wong as Adrian Lam  in A Guilty Conscience.
Dayo Wong as Adrian Lam in 2023’s A Guilty Conscience. Photograph: film still

Hong Kong’s highest grossing Chinese language film of all time is a courtroom drama exploring themes of power and justice in a city where many feel both have been abused in recent years.

A Guilty Conscience, the directorial debut of the Hong Kong screenwriter Ng Wai-lun, tells the story set in the city of a single mother wrongly accused of murdering her daughter and the legal battle to clear her name.

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