Metade Fumaça
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73% Critic Match

Metade Fumaça

7.3 / 10 1999 1h 41mNR cn
DramaRomance

Storyline

Former Hong Kong gangster Roy returns home after three decades of exile in Brazil, hoping to settle some unfinished business before he dies. Affected by Alzheimer's disease, he hires young thug Smokey to act as his guide and helper as he searches for the man who put a bullet in him and stole the love of his life. Traveling through the Hong Kong underworld together, the two men form a close bond as they discuss their idealized loves and missed opportunities.

Cast & Crew

Nicholas Tse Ting-Fung

Nicholas Tse Ting-Fung

Smokey

Lead
Eric Tsang Chi-Wai

Eric Tsang Chi-Wai

Roy 'Mountain Leopard'

Shu Qi

Shu Qi

Ah Nam

Kelly Chen Hui-Lin

Kelly Chen Hui-Lin

Policewoman

Sandra Ng Kwan-Yu

Sandra Ng Kwan-Yu

Third Sister

Anthony Wong Chau-Sang

Anthony Wong Chau-Sang

Brother Kei

Terence Yin Chi-Wai

Terence Yin Chi-Wai

Brother Chai

Stephen Fung

Stephen Fung

Mountain Leopard in '70

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Riley Yip Kam-Hung's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Metade Fumaça is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker