Review | Film review: Little Big Master - true story touches the heart
Its English title makes it sound like a kung fu movie, but is actually the sort of "inspired by a true story" drama imbued with positive vibes and messages that you'd expect from Adrian Kwan Shun-fai, whose first three films are titled , and
Starring: Miriam Yeung Chin-wah, Louis Koo Tin-lok
Director: Adrian Kwan Shun-fai
Category: I (Cantonese)
Its English title makes it sound like a kung fu movie, but is actually the sort of "inspired by a true story" drama imbued with positive vibes and messages that you'd expect from Adrian Kwan Shun-fai, whose first three films are titled , and
And while the film's Chinese title — which translates into English as "Principal of Five Children" — might be said to lack imagination, at least it gives a better sense of the story, which is about a big-hearted educator who agrees to take on the roles of headmistress, janitor and general dogsbody of a village school with just five students, on a salary of just HK$4,500 a month.
After experiencing particularly trying days at work, both elite school principal Hung (Miriam Yeung Chin-wah) and museum designer Tung (Louis Koo Tin-lok) hand in their resignations on their 10th wedding anniversary, and make plans to travel the world together.
Two months into retirement, however, Hung learns about the 50-year-old Yuen Tin Kindergarten being threatened with closure, and its quintet of students who face an uncertain future. She decides to step in to help keep the school going and give its pupils a quality education.
