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Four cops, four crimes, four hours of Hong Kong's soul rotting in real time.
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CID: Four Moments of Life (Dawn, Noon, Dusk, Night) (1976)

gritty proceduralexistential dreadsocial autopsy

Overview

TV Movie

Four episodes combined. Dawn: the first cop goes to interrogate the parents of a babygirl who got burnt by an iron. These, eventually admit to be the one responsible but they state it was an accident. Going back on a bus, he reads a newspaper article reporting another case of violence against minors. Noon: the moustached cop cop collects the report of a mother regarding the presence of perverts in her building. A thirteen-year-old girl is spotted with a man in equivocal acts: when she is interrogated she shows no signs of anxiety. Dusk: in a nursing home a guest kills another old man with an axe. He is interrogated by the older cop who, once back home, talks with his wife and daughter while watching sadly TV. Night: the fourth cop is in a disco when he gets the call that a collegue’s wife was the victim of a hit and run. The following morning he goes back to the office.

Flag of HKHKCantonese

Standout Aspects

Direction

Patrick Tam's debut—Wong Kar-wai's mentor shows how it's done.

Cinematography

Cramped frames that suffocate; empty streets that haunt.

Best for:Solo: 2am when you want to feel something terrible.·Rewatch: Catch Tam's visual rhymes you missed first time.
Heads up:Violence: Child abuse depicted, off-screen but unmistakably present.·Disturbing: Elderly axe murder and systemic indifference to suffering.
Patrick Tam Kar-Ming

Director

Patrick Tam Kar-Ming

ReleasedApr 26, 1976
Runtime50m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Paceslow
Intensitymedium
Tonedark
Feelheavy
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Top Cast

Simon Yam

Simon Yam

David Lo Dai-Wai

David Lo Dai-Wai

Chan Ka-Yee

Chan Ka-Yee

Mark Cheung Lui

Mark Cheung Lui

Henry Yu Yang

Henry Yu Yang

Cheng Siu-Ping

Cheng Siu-Ping

Ho Bik-Kin

Ho Bik-Kin

Tony Wong

Tony Wong

Wai Yee-Yan

Wai Yee-Yan

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Cultural

Made for RTV's 'CID' series, this was Patrick Tam's directorial debut before becoming Wong Kar-wai's legendary editor. The handheld urgency and temporal experimentation here directly influenced 'As Tears Go By' and 'Days of Being Wild'.

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