[2025.05.11] JUNO MAK WOULD TAKE THE SONS OF THE NEON NIGHT TEAM TO CANNES

Juno Mak appears at his new film's exhibit, with many stills on display
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Juno Mak says that he has no idea when SONS OF THE NEON NIGHT would be released in Hong Kong and has to wait for
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The film SONS OF THE NEON NIGHT (FUNG LUM FOR SHAN) starting April 26 has held an exhibit that has attracted more than 10,000 visitors as of yesterday, showing never-before-seen stills and sculptures of the main characters made by renowned Spanish sculptor Eudald de Juana Gorriz.

As the SONS OF THE NEON NIGHT's producer, director, screenwriter and art director, Mak Chun Lung revealed that he already had a heart of fancy when writing the script. He hoped to record his characters in an additional way, which was also a sculptural method rarely used in traditional Chinese films to record art forever. After the exhibition, he would store the sculptures in the warehouse. Perhaps for future exhibition or promotion overseas, he might also ship them there to assist in publicity.

Mak Chun Lung recently returned to Hong Kong from Thailand to complete the sound effects of the film, and he revealed that he would lead the film team to fly to France on the 13th of this month to participate in the "Midnight Screening section" and the world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on the 16th. After 8 years of filming, he said that the film was cut into a version of more than 130 minutes and that Cannes and Hong Kong would have the same version. However Hong Kong has not yet confirmed the release date. For the premiere at Cannes Mak Chun Lung stated that he felt a heavy yet honored feeling, as the music giant Ryuichi Sakamoto, who mainly scored the film, has passed away. He recalled working with him was like a dream. "I was fortunate to meet Ryuichi Sakamoto in 2016. He lived in New York at the time, but I was working on a movie in South Korea so we met in Tokyo. He had a piano in his hotel room, and he played for 6 consecutive hours. He was actually already a little unwell at that time."

As for going to the Cannes Film Festival Mak Chun Lung for now knew that Louis Koo Tin Lok would go with him, but the focus was on Takeshi Kaneshiro (Gum Sing Mo). Would he attend the promotion? He said that actually each actor is also very busy. Of course he hoped that every actor would be able to attend, but it is not up to him to decide whether they would be able to appear together. Has he had any contact with Gum Sing Mo? He said that he has kept in touch with all the actors, but whether he would be able to participate in the promotion his management team would determine the schedule. "I believe everyone will be able to get together!"