Love Is a Gun
愛是一把槍 爱是一把枪
LEE Hong-Chi
81 minutes | 2023 | Fiction | Minnan, Mandarin | English Subtitles
Canadian Premiere
The 80th Venice International Film Festival — Lion of the Future Luigi de Laurentis Award for a Debut Film
Content Advisory: This film contains scenes of coarse language, tobacco use, and violence.
After being released from prison, Sweet Potato (LEE Hong-Chi) returns to his coastal hometown, earning his bread and butter by renting out sunshades. To find work in the city, he needs a “good citizen” certificate. Gang brother Maozi pulls him back to collect protection money, his mother urges him to repay her debts, and his ex-girlfriend is resentful towards him. Only old classmate Seven gives him a moment of respite. He cannot escape the muddy past or drop new anchors until he holds a gun, aiming directly at the “boss” he has never met, ready to dismantle everything in life.