Storyline
Derek Chiu Sung-kei directs this low-budget yarn about a mild-mannered grocery store clerk named Sardine (Dayo Wong Chi-wah) who lives a highly ordered life in an apartment filled with canned goods. His equilibrium is smashed when his landlady evicts him to make way for her daughter Anna (Irene Wan Pik-ha) to move in. When the middle-aged woman keels over from a bad combination of Panadol and liquor, Sardine believes that he is responsible for her death and tries to hide the body. Trouble ensues when Anna finds the corpse in Sardine's apartment while Sardine contends with a devious fellow employee who tries to get him canned from the supermarket.
Cast & Crew
Dayo Wong Chi-Wah
Mr. Sardine
Lead
Irene Wan
Anna
Liu Kai-Chi
Mong
Poon Fong-Fong
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Joanna Chan Pui-San
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Wilson Ai Wai
Edmond
Wayne Lai Yiu-Cheung
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Dick Lau Tik-Chi
Brian
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Derek Chiu's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Mr. Sardine is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
