I'm Livin' It

I'm Livin' It
Film poster
Traditional Chinese麥路人
Simplified Chinese麦路人
Hanyu PinyinMài Lù Rén
JyutpingMak6 Lou6 Jan4
Directed byDanny Wong
Screenplay byJa Poon
Produced byCheang Pou-soi
StarringAaron Kwok
Miriam Yeung
Alex Man
Cheung Tat-ming
Paw Hee-ching
Cya Liu
Zeno Koo
Gaga Wong
Kathy Wu
Sammy So
Nora Miao
CinematographyYip Shiu-kei
Edited bySiu Pa-wong
Angelina Kwan
Music byPeter Kam
Production
companies
Media Asia Films
Entertainment Power
Beijing Lajin Film
Media Asia Distribution (Beijing)
China Film Media Asia Audio Video Distribution
Mokexing Film (Beijing)
Amazing Global Limited
Mountain Top
EMI Global (Beijing) International Asset Management
Beijing Linxi Film
Beijing Bigmay Universe Film
Star Alliance Pictures (Wuxi)
Distributed byMedia Asia Distributions
Entertaining Power (Hong Kong, Worldwide)
Intercontinental Film Distributors (HK) (Hong Kong)
Release dates
  • 29 October 2019 (2019-10-29) (TIFF)
  • 17 September 2020 (2020-09-17) (Hong Kong)
Running time
114 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Box officeUS$3.63 million[1]

I'm Livin' It is a 2019 Hong Kong drama film directed by Danny Wong in his directorial debut[2] and starring Aaron Kwok and Miriam Yeung. The film addresses the issues of rich-poor gap in the Hong Kong society, as well as poverty and homelessness and focuses on McRefugees.[3][4]

I'm Livin' It made its world premiere at the 32nd Tokyo International Film Festival in the Asian Future section on 20 October 2019.[2] The film also closed both the 4th London East Asia Film Festival on 3 November 2019, where Kwok was the subject of the festival's Actor Focus and also winning the Best Actor Award for his performance,[5][6] and the 4th International Film Festival & Awards Macao on 20 December 2019[7] before it was theatrically released in Hong Kong on 17 September 2020.[8]

The film was nominated for ten awards at the 39th Hong Kong Film Awards, winning Best Supporting Actor for Cheung Tat-ming.[9]

  1. ^ "I'm Livin' It - Financial Information".
  2. ^ a b "I'M LIVIN' IT Q&A: Confronting the Reality of Homelessness, Forging Connections".
  3. ^ "Aaron Kwok, Miriam Yeung's "I'm Livin' It" Addresses Rich-Poor Divide in Hong Kong".
  4. ^ Lui, John (23 September 2020). "Hong Kong's McRefugees have stories worth telling, says I'm Livin' It director". The Straits Times. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Aaron Kwok to be the focus at film festival in London".
  6. ^ "Aaron Kwok wins Best Actor accolade in London".[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "I'M LIVIN' ITDATE: 2019/12/10 21:00VENUE: MACAO CULTURAL CENTRE – SMALL AUDITORIUM".
  8. ^ "麥路人 I'm Livin' It - Yahoo Movies".
  9. ^ "Nomination and Awardees list of The 39th Hong Kong Film Awards".