Trivisa | |||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 樹大招風 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 树大招风 | ||||||||||
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Directed by | Frank Hui Jevons Au Vicky Wong | ||||||||||
Screenplay by | Loong Man-hong Thomas Ng Mak Tin-shu | ||||||||||
Produced by | Johnnie To Yau Nai-hoi | ||||||||||
Starring | Gordon Lam Richie Jen Jordan Chan | ||||||||||
Cinematography | Zhang Ying Ray Cheung Rex Chan | ||||||||||
Edited by | Allen Leung David Richardson | ||||||||||
Music by | Nigel Chan | ||||||||||
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Distributed by | Media Asia Distributions | ||||||||||
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Running time | 96 minutes | ||||||||||
Country | Hong Kong | ||||||||||
Language | Cantonese | ||||||||||
Budget | HK$5 million[1] | ||||||||||
Box office | HK$9.2 million[2] |
Trivisa is a 2016 Hong Kong action crime thriller film produced by Johnnie To and Yau Nai-hoi, featuring the directorial debuts of newcomers Frank Hui, Jevons Au and Vicky Wong. The film is a fictionalized story about three real-life notorious Hong Kong mobsters, Kwai Ping-hung , Yip Kai Foon and Cheung Tze-keung, who are portrayed in the film by Gordon Lam, Richie Jen and Jordan Chan respectively.[3][4] The film had its world premiere at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival's Forum section.[3] The film also opened the 40th Hong Kong International Film Festival[5] on 21 March 2016 and was theatrically released in Hong Kong on 7 April 2016.[6][better source needed]
In Buddhist teaching, Trivisa is the Sanskrit term for the three poisons (or the three unwholesome roots)—greed, anger and delusion—that give rise to suffering.[7]