JEONJU Intl. Film Festival

Cinema Fest

Chilli Laugh Story

Coba CHENG

Hong Kong [China] 2022 92min DCP Color/B&W Fiction GKorean Premiere

Schedule

Code	Date	Time	Theater	Info	Ticket
203	2023. 04. 29	11:00	CGV Jeonjugosa 2	HKEG	Ticket Wish
402	2023. 05. 01	10:00	CGV Jeonjugosa 1	HKEG	Ticket Wish
832	2023. 05. 05	17:30	CGV Jeonjugosa 1	HKEG	Ticket Wish

Overview

The COVID-19 pandemic offered white-collar workers everywhere the chance to work from home. For Coba, turning their mother’s homemade sauce into an online business at home has caused long-hidden family conflicts to be on the verge of eruption again. Soon enough, the family’s daily tug-of-war becomes even spicier than chili sauce.

Review

Coba, a 20-year-old music promoter, is working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. While doing so, home may seem like a relaxing environment, but Coba is stuck at home, constantly bickering with his very eccentric parents, and his job has been cut due to the pandemic. One day, when Coba realizes that his friends love the Chilli sauce that his mother makes in a traditional way, he gets the idea to start canning it and selling it online. As people cut back on eating out, his mother’s sauce becomes an explosive hit, and the whole family works to fill orders. The family’s business seems to be thriving until an entrepreneur approaches Coba about partnering with them. Will the Coba family’s business succeed and will his mother’s dream of owning their own house become a reality? The film is a quintessentially Hong Kong raucous comedy, blending laugh-out-loud characters with a timely portrayal of the pandemic to create something as tempting as a chili sauce recipe. (CHUN Jinsu)

CREDIT

DirectorCoba CHENG
ProducerSandra NG
ScreenplayCoba CHENG, Matt CHOW

CinematographyJASON KWAN(HKSC), KOO WAI LUN(HKSC)
MusicLINCOLN LO
EditorCurran PANG, Alvin WU, Azrel CHUNG

CastRonald CHENG, Gigi LEUNG, Edan LUI, Sandra NG

FILM SOURCE

We Distribution Ltd.ㅣ terence@wedistribution.com

DIRECTOR

Coba CHENG

Born in Hong Kong. He has created countless successful projects to show creativity and marketing effectiveness with his extensive creative experience in different fields, from radio to fashion magazines, advertising, and marketing agencies to global music corporations. Coba began his directing career in 2021. His directorial debut Chilli Laugh Story is based on his own lockdown experience with family. For his prolific creativity, he was named the 2021 40 under 40 by Prestige Hong Kong.

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