Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefTrinity Cine Asia has acquired upcoming Hong Kong comedy “Chilli Laugh Story” for distribution in the U.K.
and North America. The work-from-home story of the director Coba Cheng’s relatives sees a locked-down family starting an online business during the pandemic.
It stars Sandra Ng, who also produces, Ronald Cheng, Gigi Leung and Edan Lui, a member of the wildly popular Hong Kong boy band Mirror.The film earned nearly $150,000 in previews at the Hong Kong box office last weekend and goes on full release from July 14, 2022.
It will open theatrically in the U.K., where there is a growing expatriate Hong Kong population, the following day. A release in U.S.
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