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Ouroboros

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Ouroboros

Jul 5, 2019

0h 26m

★ 6.0

Overview

A has-been stage director is facing writer's block while developing his new script. One day, he read a story online which catches his attention. Interested in adapting the story into a play, he searched the author of the story on the internet, who happens to be a famous female internet influencer. After researching her regular online check-in spots, the director begins to wait for her in her favorite cafe...

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild - Master Class in Film Directing

Cast

Michael Ning

Stage director / Writer

Michael Ning

Cecilia So Lai-Shan

Susan Or

Cecilia So Lai-Shan

No Image

Journalist of a digital magazine

Yoyo Fung Hoi-Yui

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