Weeds on Fire

Apr 23, 2016

1h 35m

★ 6.3

Overview

Inspired by the true story of Hong Kong’s first teenage baseball team. In the 1980s, two childhood friends join the Shatin Martins, a Band 3 school baseball team managed by the school principal. From these humble beginnings, the boys experience camaraderie, fall in love and make fateful decisions that resonate throughout their lives amid a changing Hong Kong and its sporting world.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Golden Scene

Film Development Fund of HK

Flash Glory

Weeds on Fire Trailers

Cast

Principal Lo Kwong Fai

Liu Kai-Chi

Chan Keung

Sham Ka-Ki

Tse Chi-Lung

Lam Yiu-Sing

Fan Chun-Wai

Tony Wu

Mr Tsang

Poon Chan-Leung

Lung's father

Suen Lik-Man

Tsz Ching

Hedwig Tam

Lung's dream lover

Maria Wong Si-Man

Narrator (voice)

Jan Lam Hoi-Fung

Dung

Will Or Wai-Lam

Li Wang

Himmy Wong

Lung's mother

Shui Jie

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