Back to more recent times now and a Hong Kong that is recognisable to me because I had already been living here for around 3 years when this next one was filmed - shot in early 2009.
Crossing Hennessy was written and directed by Ivy Ho and stars Jacky Cheung (as Loy) and Tang Wei (Oi Lin) as a couple thrust together by their scheming elders, determined to marry them off, despite them both carrying a significant amount of emotional baggage. Oi Lin has a boyfriend currently in prison and Loy just seems to be coasting through life since the death of his father.
The film features many (recent) scenes of Hong Kong and starts off with a rather vertiginous view over Wanchai from the top of Wu Chung House on Queen's Road East.
The lower two images were taken from the same spot but show a zoomed in view and were used a few scenes later. You can see Southorn Playground through the gaps.
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