In Broad Daylight

Based on true events,In Broad Daylight reveals a little-known truth about residential care homes for the disabled that hides beneath the headlines. A newsorganization’s investigative journalism unit receives a tip about the abuse of residents in Rainbow Bridge Care Home. To expose the home’s wrongdoings, reporter Kay goes undercover to expose the inhumanity inside, searching for the cruel truth under broad daylight.

 

Director:
Lawrence Kan

Producer:
Derek Yee

Cast:
David Chiang
Jennifer Yu
Bowie Lam

 

Director’s Statement

In 2016, news of abuse in a residential care home for the disabled shocked Hong Kong and drew anger from all sectors of society. We live in pursuit of social stability and prosperity, but some people can’t even live with basic essentials and fundamental human dignity. This report remained deeply imprinted in my mind, so I sought out the investigative journalist behind the report. Journalists traverse the darkness in search of light, all for the hope of putting the spotlight on injustices. Sometimes, their fights end in vain, and all they get in return is a sense of hopelessness. Even in broad daylight, darkness can show its fangs. Yet, journalists remain steadfast in their cause. This gave me the creative angle and idea for In Broad Daylight.

 

Director Lawrence KAN

Lawrence Kan graduated from Vancouver Film School. His first film, When C Goes with G7 (2013), was selected for the “Hong Kong First” section of Hong Kong Asian Film Festival 2013. In 2021, he directed his first TV series In Geek We Trust, whose lead actors Ling Man- lung and Kaki Sham were nominated for Best Rising Star and Best Supporting Actor, respectively, at Busan International Film Festival’s Asia Contents Award. Ling won the Best Rising Star. In 2022, Kan directed his second feature film In Broad Daylight.

 

Producer Derek Yee

Derek Yee Tung-sing is a film producer, director and a former actor from Hong Kong. Yee was born in Hong Kong in 1957. In 1977, Yee became an actor of Shaw Brothers Studio in Hong Kong and he has starred in over 40 movies in Hong Kong between 1975 and 1986.

Then Yee became a screenwriter and film director. Yee is known for the 2004 film One Night in Mongkok, which won multiple awards. Yee’s other notable films include C’est la vie, Mon chéri, Viva Erotica, The Truth About Jane and Sam and Protégé.

In 2017, Yee became the chairman of Hong Kong Film Awards Association.