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I Blew Out the Candles Before Making a Wish

我未許願先吹蠟燭

2026 · 115 min · HK IIB

A young girl in Macau lives with her grandmother. When her grandmother falls ill, she needs cash but cannot…

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A young girl in Macau lives with her grandmother. When her grandmother falls ill, she needs cash but cannot enter a casino to use the chips she holds. She hires a young debt collector from Taiwan to gamble on her behalf, bringing together two people with their own financial troubles.

Drama · Comedy · Family · Adventure

The film draws on a real news case in Macau involving a child who held casino chips that could not be exchanged for cash and needed an adult to gamble on their behalf.

Original year
2026
Listed runtimes
115 min
HK classification
IIB
Listed audio
Cantonese / Mandarin
Subtitles
Chinese / English
Hong Kong release
2026-09-10
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Directed by

Chao Koi Wang · HU Chin-Yen

Cast

  • Kai KoCast
  • MUI ChengCast
  • Elaine JinCast
  • Stanley YauCast
  • Tou Chung HuaCast
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Directors

  • Chao Koi Wang
  • HU Chin-Yen

Cast

  • Kai Ko
  • MUI Cheng
  • Elaine Jin
  • Stanley Yau
  • Tou Chung Hua

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