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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Amy Hawkins

Ten Years: has the hit film’s dystopian vision of Hong Kong in 2025 become a reality?

Ten Years.
A surprise success … Ten Years. Photograph: Andy Wong/AP

A taxi driver struggles to keep working as his native language of Cantonese is sidelined for Mandarin. Petty gangsters do the work of the authorities amid a violent debate about a national security law. Supporters of Hong Kong independence are jailed.

In 2015, a scrappy group of Hong Kong film-makers imagined what their semi-autonomous city could look like under the increasing influence of the Chinese Communist party (CCP).

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