Weeds on Fire (2016)

6.3/10 • 95 min • Drama History

Overview

Inspired by the true story of Hong Kong’s first teenage baseball team. In the 1980s, two childhood friends join the Shatin Martins, a Band 3 school baseball team managed by the school principal. From these humble beginnings, the boys experience camaraderie, fall in love and make fateful decisions that resonate throughout their lives amid a changing Hong Kong and its sporting world.

Cast

Liu Kai-chi

Principal Lo Kwong Fai

Sham Ka-ki

Chan Keung

Lam Yiu-sing

Tse Chi-Lung

Tony Wu Tsz-tung

Fan Chun-Wai

Poon Chan-Leung

Mr Tsang

Hedwig Tam

Tsz Ching

Jan Lam Hoi-fung

Narrator (voice)

Will Or Wai-Lam

Dung

Shui Jie

Lung's mother

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