{"id":461415,"date":"2026-04-30T12:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T12:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/461415\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T12:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T12:49:08","slug":"herman-yaus-were-nothing-at-all-lands-u-k-ireland-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/461415\/","title":{"rendered":"Herman Yau’s ‘We’re Nothing at All’ Lands U.K.-Ireland Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tHerman Yau<\/a>\u2019s Hong Kong social drama \u201cWe\u2019re Nothing at All\u201d will open in British and Irish cinemas on May 29 after Trinity CineAsia closed a deal with Golden Scene for U.K. and Ireland rights.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film launched on Hong Kong screens April 3, picking up the Audience Choice Award at the Hong Kong International Film Festival before travelling to competition at the Far East Film Festival in Udine; it added screens in its second week as audience buzz built.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe production is the first title out of Yau\u2019s The Plan Company and was bankrolled by him without outside financing. Among Hong Kong cinema\u2019s most prolific directors \u2013 with more than 80 credits ranging from cult exploitation (\u201cThe Untold Story\u201d) to the blockbuster \u201cShock Wave\u201d franchise \u2013 Yau revisits the intimate, humanistic register of earlier socially minded work including \u201cTaxi Hunter\u201d and \u201cWhispers and Moans.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tLoosely drawn from a 1998 Wuhan incident, the Cantonese-language drama follows a retired forensic expert investigating a deliberate Valentine\u2019s Day bus explosion traced to two passengers: Fai and Ike, a gay couple from disadvantaged backgrounds living apart from mainstream society. His inquiry surfaces a history of abuse, homophobia, and despair, and the film uses the tragedy to probe questions of moral accountability and collective indifference in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n

\n\tHeading the cast are Patrick Tam (\u201cBreakout Brothers\u201d), Mirror<\/a> member Anson Kong<\/a> (\u201cBack Home\u201d), and Ansonbean (\u201cThe Lyricist Wannabe\u201d), with Chu Pak-him, Rachel Leung, Wong You-nam, Kearen Pang, and Ben Yuen in supporting roles.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIf you are living a happy and fulfilling life, I hope this film reminds you that there are still people in the world facing oppression and hardship. And to those going through difficult times, I hope you know you are not alone. Whether you are in Hong Kong or part of the overseas diaspora that cares about the city, I hope this film helps us feel closer to one another, no matter how far apart we are,\u201d Yau said.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe are proud to support his latest self-financed project, which is very personal to him and marks a return to his roots in social realist dramas with a punch. Its uncompromising style and themes of marginalisation and social indifference have really resonated with audiences at home, where it is drawing a lot of commentary, and we expect the film will resonate with more diverse audiences on the big screen here. We are thankful to Golden Scene for giving us this opportunity,\u201d added Cedric Behrel, managing director of Trinity CineAsia.<\/p>\n

\n\tTrinity CineAsia\u2019s recent U.K. theatrical releases include Zhang Yimou\u2019s \u201cScare Out,\u201d the highest-grossing animated film worldwide, \u201cNe Zha 2,\u201d and Bi Gan\u2019s Cannes 2025 Special Prize-winning \u201cResurrection.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Herman Yau\u2019s Hong Kong social drama \u201cWe\u2019re Nothing at All\u201d will open in British and Irish cinemas on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":461416,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[202912,18,117,202913,19,17,87529,327,202914],"class_list":{"0":"post-461415","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-anson-kong","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-herman-yau","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-mirror","15":"tag-movies","16":"tag-were-nothing-at-all"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116493743988946178","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/461416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}