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| City Without Baseball | |
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| Directed by | Lawrence Ah Mon |
| Written by | Scud (production-crediting name of Danny Cheng Wan-Cheung) |
| Produced by | Heman Peng |
| Starring | Ron Heung Tze-Chun Leung Yu-Chung Yuan Lin John Tai Ji-Ching Monie Tung Man-Lee |
| Cinematography | Ying Zhang |
| Edited by | Kwok-Wing Leung (as Jacky Leung) |
| Music by | Eugene Pao |
Production company | ArtWalker Productions |
| Distributed by | Golden Scene (2007) (worldwide) (all media) |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
City Without Baseball (Chinese: 無野之城; stylized: 無野の城; jyutping: mou4 je5 zi1 sing4) is a 2008 Hong Kong drama film starring Ron Heung and other members of the Hong Kong National Baseball Team. It is directed by South African-born Hong Kong filmmaker Lawrence Ah Mon, about a city where baseball is almost unknown, and where the team plays to empty stadia.
The film explores several themes traditionally regarded as 'taboo' in Hong Kong society. The film is the first of seven such films by Scud (the production-crediting name of Hong Kong writer/film producer Danny Cheng Wan-Cheung). The six later films are: Permanent Residence in 2009, Amphetamine in 2010, Love Actually... Sucks! in 2011, Voyage in 2013, Utopians in 2015 and Thirty Years of Adonis in 2017. His eighth film, Apostles, was made in 2022, as was his ninth, Bodyshop.[1]
His tenth and final film, Naked Nations: Hong Kong Tribe, is currently in production.[1][2]
The actual members of the Hong Kong National Baseball Team appear in the film as themselves, in a story set in 2004. Their isolated existence leads them to take unconventional choices in both love and friendship, and to summon great courage in the face of their lonely and disconnected existence. The story focuses on the easy-going, yet often detached, main character, Ronnie, as played by Ron Heung, and his friendships and relationships with others, both on and off the sports field.
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