May & August

Story

Synopsis

In December of 1937 two young girls aged 9 and 4, May and August, lived blissfully with their parents in Nanjing. Unfortunately, the outbreak of the war totally changed their lives. May's parents were killed by the Japanese soldiers, and the girls taken to a refugee camp. Once May's uncle learned of the tragedy, he retrieved the two girls from the camp. But when the Japanese invaders took full control of the city, May and August would then have to learn to be strong to face all the upcoming challenges.

Director

Raymond To Kwok-Wai

Writers

Raymond To Kwok-Wai

Country

Hong Kong

Release date

21 November 2002

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Cecilia Yip Tung

  May's Mother

• Lin Quan

  May's Father

• Qiu Lier

  August

• Lee Wa-Lun

  Tim

• May Xue

  May

• Xue Bin

  Ernest

• Sung Gwong-Wa

  Tim's Grandmother

• 

  Li Hui-Xia

  May's Grandmother

• Xu Cai-gen

  Ernest's Foster Father

• 

  Mark Cheung Lui

  Ernest's Father

• Wang Xian-Jun

  Lily's Father

• 

  Yip Ching

  Lily's Mother