Time Still Turns the Pages (2023) by Nick Cheuk [Video]

“Mr Cheng, mind your own business”

It seems that 2023 has been a great year for Hong Kong family/social dramas, with titles like “Fly me to the Moon” , “Lost Love” and “In Broad Daylight” having a significant impact in the industry. Nick Cheuk‘s feature debut “Time Still Turns the Pages” can easily be added in the same list, in a film that deals with how the actions of parents affect and shape their children.

Time Still Turns the Pages is screening at Udine Far East Film Festival 2024

High school teacher Cheng tries to be kind and considerate to all his students, but when a cleaning lady discovers a suicide note, a triggering memory of his rather demanding, rather harsh and violent father begins to resurface. Eventually, the faculty decides to ask a student for help in the matter. At the same time, Cheng is in the middle of a divorce, which he finds …