Retelling Her Narrative

After the box office success of Still Human, a film that shed light on domestic workers in Hong Kong, director Oliver Chan is back with a new movie about the challenges of motherhood

By Zabrina Lo.

“I named myself after the titular character in Charles Dickens’s Oliver Twist, which I studied at school, because I had always asked for more,” says Hong Kong film director Oliver Chan Siu-kuen. She wasn’t referring to gruel. Even as a child, she was eager for opportunities beyond what was obvious and available. “I felt that if I named myself after a boy, it would open doors for me.” So has that helped her as an adult? “Not really.” But Chan is not someone who waits for those opportunities to knock at her door. When there isn’t an existing way, she carves a path for herself. Her latest feature film, The Montages of a Modern Motherhood, is a prime example. “There aren’t any films presenting motherhood in Hong Kong. For sure,…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, November 2024

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