Three Summers

A quietly powerful coming-of-age story, which traces the shifting paths of Hong Kong youths across love, rebellion and responsibility.

Set over the course of three years, Lawrence Ah Mon 劉國昌’s film follows a group of teenagers navigating school, work and the uncertain future that awaits them. Tony Leung Chiu-wai 梁朝偉 plays a gentle but grounded mentor figure whose presence threads through their lives, offering guidance, humour and hard truths. The film moves between street-level realism and tender intimacy, capturing the texture of adolescence with specificity and emotional clarity.

A key work from one of Hong Kong’s foremost social-realist directors, Three Summers expands Leung’s early screen repertoire beyond romance and drama, revealing his ability to embody ordinary working-class characters with grace and authenticity. It remains a poignant time capsule of pre-1997 Hong Kong and the dreams carried by its youth.

Selected by the Chinese Independent Film Foundation.