Ciao UFO review – Hong Kong tear-jerker is less ET than time-hopping chronicle of housing estate kids
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- Author
- Leslie Felperin
- Published
- May 12, 2026
- Location
- Hong Kong
Original excerpt
In 1985, four working-class characters are bonded for ever by a strange sighting in this sentimental saga that tracks their lives into adulthood Directed by Patrick Leung, this affecting saga from Hong Kong is a bit tricksy to get to grips with because it keeps hopping back and forth between an assortment of time frames. It tracks a set of characters as children in the mid-1980s, played by one gr…
Key claims
- →Film directed by Patrick Leung
- →Set in Hong Kong housing estates, with characters as children in the mid-1980s
- →Four characters are bonded by a strange sighting in 1985
- →Narrative tracks the characters into adulthood across shifting time frames
A Guardian review of the Hong Kong film Ciao UFO, directed by Patrick Leung, describes a sentimental drama about four working-class children bonded by a 1985 sighting. The film moves back and forth across time frames as the characters grow into adulthood.
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