Sit Ho Cheng (Bosco) is elder brother of Sit Ho Yung (William) that Cheng used to obey to his parents to get a righteous job, to be a good man. Sit Ho Yung had imprisoned which has a revolt characteristic that is different to his brother. Cheng had a stable job for 7 years but fired because of the unequal class struggle. He needed to face the problem of unemployment and being crossed of love. Cheng is a agency of Loco London Gold business firm in order to show how rich he is.
Social reality and frustration of fate can be reflected in this film and gain a lot of consensus from Hong Kong citizens. Chung Shu Kai wants to emphasis in the interaction of Sit Ho Cheng between Sit Ho Yung, his father, and his ex-girlfriend. Sit Ho Yung’s characteristic is definitely different to Sit Ho Cheng that he had imprisoned and always argue to his father. But He is brave to bear his responsibility in order to marry to his girlfriend when she is pregnant. On the contrary, Sit Ho Cheng just shirks his own responsibilities and evades his problems. Cheng loves and respects his father, therefore he told lies to his father one by one that he is afraid to get disappointed from his father. His father is a typical good masculine against to Hong Kong society nowadays. Cheng was trying to be the typical good man of his father thought, yet it is hard to survive in cruel society. It can reflect the paradoxes of most of the realistic Hong Kong family. “Kong Girl” is stereotype to generally define as mammonite that Cheng hates that kind of females. Cheng broke up with his girlfriend because he doubted his girlfriend getting acquainted with a rich man. But in fact, Cheng is mistaken about his girlfriend. After breaking up with his girlfriend, he learns how to be responsible.
Golden Brother is one of the Cantonese realism genre. Chung Shu Kai uses family as the core value in this film. Family scenes always appear in the film which let audiences realize that family is an essential unit in Hong Kong society. Cheng and Yung are love his parents, so they use some ways that hope to solve the misunderstanding between his father. In the beginning, Sit Ho Yung is Cheng’s sibling who always jealous Cheng because Cheng seems better than him. At last, Yung helps Cheng to get father’s forgiveness. At the end, messages of Human loves and hope can be found when you are willing to persist in to be good.
Wong Po Lei
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