The Guardian writes
Hong Kong’s highest grossing Chinese language film of all time is a courtroom drama exploring themes of power and justice in a city where many feel both have been abused in recent years.
A Guilty Conscience, the directorial debut of the Hong Kong screenwriter Ng Wai-lun, tells the story set in the city of a single mother wrongly accused of murdering her daughter and the legal battle to clear her name.
Released in January 2023, it earned HK$115m (£11.6m) at the Hong Kong box office last year, making it the highest grossing film of 2023 in the territory. It was partly financed by the Hong Kong government’s film development fund, which contributed HK$8.9m to the film’s HK$22.2m budget.
The film was the only local production in the top 10 and was placed well ahead of the Hollywood blockbuster Oppenheimer, which earned HK$72.8, according to data from Hong Kong Box Office Limited. The total amount spent in Hong Kong’s cinemas in 2023 was HK$1.43bn. No mainland Chinese films made the top 10 list.
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