Mad World

Mad World (Cantonese: 一念無明) is a 2016 Hong Kong drama film directed by Wong Chun and starring Shawn Yue, Eric Tsang, Elaine Jin and Charmaine Fong. It is Wong's directorial debut after winning the First Feature Film Initiative. It was selected as the Hong Kong entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. Premise Tung, a former financial analyst who is struggling with bipolar disorder, is placed in the custody of his truck-driver father after being dismissed from a mental health institution. Cast Shawn Yue as Tung—a mentally ill stockbroker Eric Tsang as Tung's father—a cross-town trucker who takes in his son Elaine Jin as Tung's mother—mentally ill woman who was killed by her son Charmaine Fong as Jenny—Tung's former fiancee Wong Chun as Tung's younger brother (voice) Development Wong and Chan cited Cageman (1992), about an impoverished community living in cage homes, as a major influence.