Film Screening & Post-Screening Discussion “Dream Home”
Film: Dream Home 維多利亞壹號
Date: 22 January 2026 (Thursday)
Time: 18:30 – 21:30 Hong Kong Time
Venue: Rayson Huang Theatre, Main Campus, HKU 香港大學黃麗松講堂
Guest Speakers: Josie Ho 何超儀, Conroy Chan 陳子聰
Moderators: Dr. Derek Lam 林瀚光博士， Dr. Fiona Law 羅玉華博士
Language (Post-Screening Discussion): Cantonese 廣東話
Please note: This film is classified as Category III and is restricted to persons aged 18 or above.
About the Film
Cheng Lai-sheung (played by Josie Ho), who comes from a poor family, dreams of one day living in a luxurious high-end residence. The upscale development “Victoria One” is her ideal home. To afford an apartment there, she works multiple jobs and even risks selling her company’s confidential information. After great effort, she finally manages to pay the deposit, but the seller withdraws the property from the market after prices rise again. When she sees her lifelong dream of home ownership shattered, Lai-sheung snaps and embarks on a brutal, bloody campaign of revenge…
Trailer: https://youtu.be/s0GyWR0XxNo?si=tR0vnHrD79-AqhNZ
The event is co-organized by the Department of Comparative Literature, the MA in Literary and Cultural Studies (MALCS), the Center for the Study of Globalization and Cultures (CSGC) at the University of Hong Kong, and MOViE MOViE.
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