KJ is a 17-year-old music prodigy from a well-to-do family, and lives an inexhaustible life provided by his doctor father. At the age of 11, he won his Best Pianist title at the Hong Kong Interscholastic Competition in Music and the opportunity to play Beethoven’s Concerto for Piano No. 1 with a professional orchestra in
There since, he who is turning 17 this year has not made much substantial achievements in terms of awards and performance opportunities, other than his temporary drop-out for two years. Sometimes, he is not happy ... tormented by reflections on a utilitarian reality and more.
Director: Kingwai Cheung
Born in Hong Kong, King studied cello since young and pursued music in
All’s Rights with the World (73mins, 2007)
From the Director
I used to play the cello and wanted to be a Yo-yo Ma. But all those years of my enduring hard work went to an end, when I men this Japanese violinist at the age of 26, and we soon got married. I finally came to realize from her shine what “talent” means. So, forget about it. No more cello. Instead, the years in college drew me into lots of things, that is, film making, at the end of it.
I first met WONG Ka-jeng in 2002 when he was 11 and playing Beethoven’s Concerto for Piano No. 1 with some Czech orchestra. I love the way he played the music, so charming. I've been listening to his music since then and he is now 17. I envy him. He is a genius.
But he is not so happy sometimes.
Nothing goes easy in life.
It is hard to be and it is even harder to be a super-duper genius raised above everyone.
As much as the poet, SU Dong-po, once disheartened “Every one wants his child to be clever,” who doesn’t want to be the dragon flying in the universe above the clouds, as described by
People, that is everyone who believes in a reason for his living in the society, are thus caught in the tangled dilemma trying to find their dreams and hopes.
Film Festival
※Award Best documentary, Best editor, Best music, The 46th Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival 2009
※Award Best Film, The 16rh Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards 2009
※The 33th Hong Kong International Film Festival, HKIFF, 2009
※The 11th Seoul International Youth Film Festival, 2009
※Yunnan Multi Culture Visual Festival, 2009
※The 6th China Independent Film Festival, 2009
※The 7th GZ Doc, competition, 2009