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"Anita" to be closing film at Busan International Film Festival

17 Sep – The highly-anticipated biopic, "Anita" has been chosen to be the closing film at the upcoming 26th Busan International Film Festival.

As reported on Oriental Daily, the movie, which will chronicle the life of legendary singer Anita Mui, will be holding its global premiere at the festival on 15 October.

Speaking about the film selection, director Longman Leung expressed, "I am very honoured that "Anita" was selected to be this year's Busan Film Festival closing film. This film wasn't just a chronicle of an era, but we also tried our best to revive the memory of this Daughter of Hong Kong of ours."

Wang Danni plays the role of Anita Mui
Wang Danni plays the role of Anita Mui

It is noted that Longman is no stranger to the Busan festival, having had his first film, "Cold War" opening the festival in 2012.

On the other hand, lead actress Wang Danni (Louise Wong) is also elated over the news, expressing hope that more people would be able to learn and understand more about Anita's life through this film.

"I hope that people will start listening to her songs and watch her movies again after watching this film," she added.

Louis Koo plays the role of Anita's image designer and mentor Eddie
Louis Koo plays the role of Anita's image designer and mentor Eddie
Terrance Lau Chun Him plays the role of Leslie Cheung
Terrance Lau Chun Him plays the role of Leslie Cheung

(Photo Source: Louise Wong Instagram, Anita.Movie FB)