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Echoes of the Rainbow

Echoes of the Rainbow

Life was a hurricane in 1969. Love became the roof for a shoe-maker's family.

2010•1h 57m•7.6/10
ComedyDramaRomance

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🎬TMDb
7.6/10(85)

Told through the eyes of sticky-fingered eight-year-old boy Big Ears, Echoes of the Rainbow takes place in a close-knit grassroots community in 1960s Hong Kong. Big Ears' mother and father run the neighborhood shoe store, and his older brother Desmond is every family's dream son - an outstanding athlete with grades worthy of Hong Kong's best school.

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Production

BIG Pictures

Language

ZH

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Simon Yam

Simon Yam

Mr. Law

Sandra Ng Kwan-Yu

Sandra Ng Kwan-Yu

Mrs. Law

Buzz Chung Shiu-Tiu

Buzz Chung Shiu-Tiu

Big Ears

Aarif Rahman

Aarif Rahman

Desmond / Big Ears

Evelyn Choi Wing-Yan

Evelyn Choi Wing-Yan

Flora

Paul Chun Pui

Paul Chun Pui

Mr. Law's Brother

Teresa Ha Ping

Teresa Ha Ping

Grandmother

Vincent Kok Tak-Chiu

Vincent Kok Tak-Chiu

Mr. Ho

Ann Hui

Ann Hui

Miss Chan

Lawrence Ah Mon

Lawrence Ah Mon

Goldfish Seller

Joe Cheung Tung-Cho

Joe Cheung Tung-Cho

Doctor

Clifton Ko Chi-Sum

Clifton Ko Chi-Sum

Shoe Customer with Kids

Ha Chun-Chau

Ha Chun-Chau

Printer

Lung King-Cheong

Inter School Quiz master

Tina Lau Tin-Lan

Flora's Mother

Anthony Tam Chan-Keung

Gambling Den Owner

Amy Chum Yan-Mei

Amy Chum Yan-Mei

Wife of Gambling Den Owner

John Wakefield

John Wakefield

Sergeant Brian

Lee Gin-Hing

Lee Gin-Hing

Shanghai Hairdresser

Lam Yiu-Ki

Provision Store Owner

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