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From Her to Spirited Away, the 5 top films of French-American entrepreneur Camille Glass
- The co-founder of two Hong Kong wine bars reveals her favourite films. They include an animated fantasy she is obsessed with
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French-American entrepreneur Camille Glass is a rising star in Hong Kong’s drinks scene.
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The co-founder of wine bars Brut and Crushed, both in Sai Ying Pun on Hong Kong Island, is known for championing no/low-intervention wines – wines fermented without additives using traditional winemaking methods – as well as wines that support biodiversity and women and minority winemakers.
Films are also one of her passions, particularly those featuring strong female roles. Here she shares her five favourites.
1. Her (2013)
There are many reasons this Spike Jonze-directed film is at the top of Glass’ list. She loves science fiction and is a huge fan of its two leads, Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johansson.
“We’ve all experienced heartbreak in one form or another and the sometimes impossible feelings of loneliness that come with it,” she says.
“This film, set in the near future, brings to life the inevitable sadness and the beauty of the human experience as we follow a relationship between a man grieving a lost marriage and his new-found AI companion.”
2. Jojo Rabbit (2019)
Glass never thought a comedy-drama set in Nazi Germany during the second world war would end up being one of her top five films, but this one, she says, will make you “laugh and cry and think and then cry some more”.
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“Another brilliant film starring Scarlett Johansson, and directed by a man I think is simply fantastic, Taika Waititi,” she says of the filmmaker and actor from New Zealand.
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