After This Our Exile

After This Our Exile (父子, literally Father-Son) is a 2006 Hong Kong drama film directed by Patrick Tam. A critical hit, the film won both the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film and the Golden Horse Award for Best Feature Film awards, as well as netting Aaron Kwok his second consecutive win for the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor, after having won the award for his performance in Divergence the previous year. Plot In hopeless pursuit of happiness, Shing (Aaron Kwok) is a man who desperately attempts to hold on to the dwindling threads of his family. Once a man who had a dream, Shing has become a deadbeat gambler whose marriage is failing with wife Lin (Charlie Yeung). Shing's machoistic ego over-rides any reasonable logic for change, which forces Lin to leave Shing repeatedly. After finally managing to escape, Shing is left with nothing but his son, Lok-Yun (Goum Ian Iskandar). Hoping in vain to pay back loansharks, Shing turns to his loving son, Lok-Yun, who has somehow retained his filial loyalty. In his most desperate hour, Shing forces his struggle of survival onto his son, Lok-Yun, through thievery and tests the strength of loyalty and the boundaries of trust in their father-son relationship. With each passing day, the bond of love is threatened with Shing's unrepentant ways. Cast Aaron Kwok as Chow Cheung-Sheng Charlie Yeung as Lee Yuk-Lin Gouw Ian Iskandar as Chow Lok-Yun Kelly Lin as Fong Qin Hailu as Ha Je Valen Hsu as Jennifer Lester Chan as Strong Man Lan Hsin-mei Allen Lin as Sick boy's father Qin Hao as School bus driver Chui Tien-you as Chow Lok-yun (young adult) Wang Yi-xuan as Sick boy's mother Xu Liwen as Rich boy's mother Faith Yang Mak Kwai-Yuen Mok Kam-Weng Daniel Yu