Showing posts with label Go Back to China. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Go Back to China. Show all posts

Friday, February 2, 2024

Go Back to China - Anna Akana (2019) - Dr Fern's Gin Parlour, Central

I'm not much of a drinker, or socialiser these days, in fact I'm a miserable old git, so I have no idea about trendy bars etc in Hong Kong. However, thanks to the film's end credits, I know that the scene where Sasha and Carol go out to celebrate together in Hong Kong was filmed at "Dr Fern's Gin Parlour" located in the Landmark Building in Central. It appears to have survived the pandemic nonsense and is still going (at the time of writing).

Thursday, February 1, 2024

Go Back to China - Anna Akana (2019) - Ocean Terminal, Tsim Sha Tsui

Sasha takes the boys to Ocean Terminal to take photos and have a feel of other plushy toys on the market. And then the day is finished with a meal on the garden terrace at Hexa - a restaurant located at the relatively new end-section of the terminal.

OK, strictly speaking this image isn't Ocean Terminal,
it's Harbour City with OT in the background
Lunch at HEXA

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Go Back to China - Anna Akana (2019) - Victoria Harbour

Next up is another film by Emily Ting who wrote and directed Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong. Called Go Back to China the film tells the story of a young socialite, Sasha (Anna Akana), who is cut off from her trust fund by her estranged Chinese dad, Teddy (Richard Ng), in an attempt to get her to go to China and help him out in the family toy business. Most of the film appears to have been shot in Shenzhen, where the factory is located, but there's a brief glimpse of Hong Kong in a couple of scenes.

First up is a nice view of the harbour as the plot moves to Hong Kong as Sasha, in an attempt to get some trendy design into her dad's plushies, takes the company's two Filipino designers on a trip.