A 16-year-old girl falls in love with a boy and gets pregnant. The boy wants nothing to do with the baby, and the girl's mother, believing she's doing the right thing, forces her daughter to get an abortion. This story may happen everywhere, and we may read about them everyday in the news. However, what sets The White Balloon apart from those stories is the emotional journey the girl and her mother take as they realize that they have no one in the world but each other.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Fresh Wave, Hong Kong Arts Development Council, Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts
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Top Cast
Lam Yan Tung as Sze Yau
Ivy Pang as Sze Yau's Mother
Chow Pui Hang as Sze Yau's Boyfriend
Top Crew
Kiwi Chow Kwun-Wai · Director, Writer
April Sia Sze-ying · Director
Lui Chi Tat · Composer
Ke Xu · Cinematographer
Chak Hoi-ling · Editor
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