By James Marsh, Twtich
Herman Yau has come a long way since the exploitation days of The Untold Story and Ebola Syndrome. Recent years have seen him score hits with a pair of ip Man action dramas – The Legend Is Born: Ip Man (2010) and Ip Man; The Final Fight (2013) – and a raft of triad and horror flicks that have kept him very much central to Hong Kong’s dwindling movie scene.
Poster of “Sara” (Twitch)
Between his genre offerings, Yau has turned his attention to more serious subjects, delivering more than one highly acclaimed drama investigating the lives of sex workers in Hong Kong. In a similar vein to Whispers and Moans (2007) and True Women For Sale (2008) comes his new film, Sara, starring Charlene Choi as a journalist who encounters a child prostitute in Thailand, and vows to rescue her from a life of servitude and exploitation. Sara also stars Simon Yam and will debut on Hong Kong screens on 5 March.
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