Hong Kong Helmer Oliver Chan Puts Women Center Stage on the Big Screen

Hong Kong is better known for its hard-boiled cop pics and manly kung-fu classics than for movies tackling women’s roles in society and the wider issues around childbirth. But Hong Kong director Oliver Chan, who took her English name from the eponymous waif in Charles Dickens’ novel “Oliver Twist,” is one of the hottest properties […]

Mar 18, 2025 - 00:43
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Hong Kong Helmer Oliver Chan Puts Women Center Stage on the Big Screen
Hong Kong is better known for its hard-boiled cop pics and manly kung-fu classics than for movies tackling women’s roles in society and the wider issues around childbirth. But Hong Kong director Oliver Chan, who took her English name from the eponymous waif in Charles Dickens’ novel “Oliver Twist,” is one of the hottest properties […]