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First Night Nerves (2018)
Directed by Stanley Kwan
Overview
Yuan Xiuling, a former star and has-been actress plans to return to the spotlight of the theater a year after her philandering husband died. She decides to star in Two Sisters, written and directed by transwoman An Ouyang. But, her biggest rival, He Yuwen, a rising actress, also stars in the play. Yuwen plans her theatrical debut through it. During the preparation of the play, such a drama unfolds at the backstage as much as on stage. With the opening night at Hong Kong’s City Hall Theater just seven days away, tensions at rehearsal increase and tempers flare as actresses Xiuling and Yuwen’s buried resentments rise to the surface.
Length 100 minutes
Actors
Gigi Leung | Sammi Cheng | Bernice Liu | Angie Chiu | Bowie Lam | Bai Baihe | Kam Kwok-Leung | Qi Xi | Ning Song | Catherine Chau | Kiki Sheung | Sun Kim-long | Mary Hon