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'''''Lest Ye Be Judged''''' ({{wp|Chinese language|Shangean}}: 慎毋責人) is an upcoming 2023 [[Nakong|Nakongese]] {{wp|historical drama|historical}} {{wp|drama|drama film}} written, directed and produced by [[Daniel Sim]]. Set against the background of the [[Patlin trials]], the film follows a young couple as their budding romance is overtaken by the events of the [[Unionist Crisis]] and the persecution of pro-Shangean students in the 1960s. Starring Joshua Tsui as Rupert and Sunny Lee as Linda, the film uses fictional characters to explore a historical event in Nakongese history that has widely been acknowledged as a miscarriage of justice. | '''''Lest Ye Be Judged''''' ({{wp|Chinese language|Shangean}}: 慎毋責人) is an upcoming 2023 [[Nakong|Nakongese]] {{wp|historical drama|historical}} {{wp|drama|drama film}} written, directed and produced by [[Daniel Sim]]. Set against the background of the [[Patlin trials]], the film follows a young couple as their budding romance is overtaken by the events of the [[Unionist Crisis]] and the persecution of pro-Shangean students in the 1960s. Starring Joshua Tsui as Rupert and Sunny Lee as Linda, the film uses fictional characters to explore a historical event in Nakongese history that has widely been acknowledged as a miscarriage of justice. | ||
The film was selected by the [[Nakongese Academy of Cinema]] as the country's submission to the [[84th Montecara Film Festival]], where it will vie in competition for awards. The film's nomination generated controversy in Nakong, as the subject matter and sympathetic portrayal of a Shangean unionist character led to accusations that it promotes unpatriotic a negative view of Nakongese history. | The film was selected by the [[Nakongese Academy of Cinema]] as the country's submission to the [[84th Montecara Film Festival]], where it will vie in competition for awards. The film's nomination generated controversy in Nakong, as the sensitive subject matter and sympathetic portrayal of a Shangean unionist character led to accusations that it promotes unpatriotic sentiments and shows a negative view of Nakongese history to the world. | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
Rupert Liao is a | Rupert Liao is a law student at the [[National University of Nakong]] in Ningcho who sits through a lecture on the history of ''{{wp|habeas corpus}}'' in Estmerish law, after which he watches his friend Kwok-chin get into a debate with the professor about whether colonial laws remain relevant in the nascent Nakongese Republic. On his way home, he meets the young typist Linda on the tram and the two take a liking to each other. | ||
Over the next days, Rupert continues to run into Linda on the tram and the pair begin talking about their lives during their commute. Over these conversations, Linda learns that Rupert aspires to become a judge and advocate for the powerless, while Rupert learns that Linda is the secretary to Arnold Yau, the national police commissioner. Rupert eventually asks Linda on a date, and she accepts. They spend the day walking around the city market and discussing their family lives, ending the evening by sharing a kiss by the fountain. | |||
After class the next day, Rupert is invited by Kwok-chin to the first meeting of an anti-imperialist club on campus. He attends out of obligation and meets Henry and Elaine, two committed unionists who induct him into the club. When he relays this to Linda that evening, she becomes concerned and tells him to be careful. Later, the two lovers have kindled their relationship and spend a week hiking around Mount Fui, where Linda reveals that she wanted to study to become a teacher but took a secretarial job out of familial duty after her father was injured and could no longer earn money. | |||
After they return to Ningcho, Rupert learns that Kwok-chin, Henry and Elaine have been expelled for subversive activities. He pays a visit to their apartment, where they reveal that they will move to Patlin to join like-minded youth and encourage him to come with them. Torn between concern for his friends and desire to continue his studies, he declines but promises that he will come be with them soon. The opportunity presents itself at a career fair, where he passes up a prestigious clerkship in Ningcho in order to take an {{wp|articled clerk|articling}} position in Patlin. Linda is saddened that Rupert plans to move across the country, but the two agree to pursue a long-distance relationship and visit each other frequently. | |||
Suspected of being the leak, Linda is fired from her secretarial job. | |||
Rupert struggles with balancing his feelings for Linda and his | |||
Feeling betrayed, Linda tells Rupert that when they meet the next day. | |||
Linda is visiting Rupert in prison when a guard barges into the room and announces that the [[Court of Appeal of Nakong|Court of Appeal]] has rejected his appeal and set his execution for the following morning. | Linda is visiting Rupert in prison when a guard barges into the room and announces that the [[Court of Appeal of Nakong|Court of Appeal]] has rejected his appeal and set his execution for the following morning. | ||
In the present day, an elderly Linda walks past the courthouse and sees a vision of her young self walking up the steps with Rupert on their wedding day. She wistfully smiles and walks on. | In the present day, an elderly Linda is the retired principal of an elementary school. She walks past the courthouse and sees a vision of her young self walking up the steps with Rupert on their wedding day. She wistfully smiles and walks on. | ||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
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=== Judgment and retribution === | === Judgment and retribution === | ||
=== Law and justice === | === Law and justice === | ||
=== | === Circularity === | ||
== Production == | == Production == | ||
Revision as of 11:43, 30 September 2023
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| Original title | 慎毋責人 |
| Directed by | Daniel Sim |
| Written by | Daniel Sim |
| Produced by | Daniel Sim Rupert Lee |
| Starring | Joshua Tsui Sunny Lee Han Lim |
| Cinematography | Francis Hui |
| Edited by | Chung Kwok-chak |
| Music by | Jonathan Nip |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | New Era Film and Television |
Running time | 157 minutes |
| Country | Nakong |
| Languages | Paisha Estmerish |
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| Simplified script | 慎毋责人 | ||||||||||||
| Traditional script | 慎毋責人 | ||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | "Be careful not to judge others" | ||||||||||||
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Lest Ye Be Judged (Shangean: 慎毋責人) is an upcoming 2023 Nakongese historical drama film written, directed and produced by Daniel Sim. Set against the background of the Patlin trials, the film follows a young couple as their budding romance is overtaken by the events of the Unionist Crisis and the persecution of pro-Shangean students in the 1960s. Starring Joshua Tsui as Rupert and Sunny Lee as Linda, the film uses fictional characters to explore a historical event in Nakongese history that has widely been acknowledged as a miscarriage of justice.
The film was selected by the Nakongese Academy of Cinema as the country's submission to the 84th Montecara Film Festival, where it will vie in competition for awards. The film's nomination generated controversy in Nakong, as the sensitive subject matter and sympathetic portrayal of a Shangean unionist character led to accusations that it promotes unpatriotic sentiments and shows a negative view of Nakongese history to the world.
Plot
Rupert Liao is a law student at the National University of Nakong in Ningcho who sits through a lecture on the history of habeas corpus in Estmerish law, after which he watches his friend Kwok-chin get into a debate with the professor about whether colonial laws remain relevant in the nascent Nakongese Republic. On his way home, he meets the young typist Linda on the tram and the two take a liking to each other.
Over the next days, Rupert continues to run into Linda on the tram and the pair begin talking about their lives during their commute. Over these conversations, Linda learns that Rupert aspires to become a judge and advocate for the powerless, while Rupert learns that Linda is the secretary to Arnold Yau, the national police commissioner. Rupert eventually asks Linda on a date, and she accepts. They spend the day walking around the city market and discussing their family lives, ending the evening by sharing a kiss by the fountain.
After class the next day, Rupert is invited by Kwok-chin to the first meeting of an anti-imperialist club on campus. He attends out of obligation and meets Henry and Elaine, two committed unionists who induct him into the club. When he relays this to Linda that evening, she becomes concerned and tells him to be careful. Later, the two lovers have kindled their relationship and spend a week hiking around Mount Fui, where Linda reveals that she wanted to study to become a teacher but took a secretarial job out of familial duty after her father was injured and could no longer earn money.
After they return to Ningcho, Rupert learns that Kwok-chin, Henry and Elaine have been expelled for subversive activities. He pays a visit to their apartment, where they reveal that they will move to Patlin to join like-minded youth and encourage him to come with them. Torn between concern for his friends and desire to continue his studies, he declines but promises that he will come be with them soon. The opportunity presents itself at a career fair, where he passes up a prestigious clerkship in Ningcho in order to take an articling position in Patlin. Linda is saddened that Rupert plans to move across the country, but the two agree to pursue a long-distance relationship and visit each other frequently.
Suspected of being the leak, Linda is fired from her secretarial job.
Rupert struggles with balancing his feelings for Linda and his
Feeling betrayed, Linda tells Rupert that when they meet the next day.
Linda is visiting Rupert in prison when a guard barges into the room and announces that the Court of Appeal has rejected his appeal and set his execution for the following morning.
In the present day, an elderly Linda is the retired principal of an elementary school. She walks past the courthouse and sees a vision of her young self walking up the steps with Rupert on their wedding day. She wistfully smiles and walks on.
Cast
- Joshua Tsui as Rupert Liao
- Sunny Lee as Linda Tam
- Han Lim as Yuen Kwok-chin
- Ian Lau as Mr Justice Tan, presiding judge of the Patlin county court. Howard Tan (1921–2012) was an actual judge who presided over the trials of several of the Patlin defendants and was later appointed to the Court of Appeal, Nakong's highest court. Tan's family strenuously objects to his portrayal in the film and has threatened to bring suit against Lau, Sim and the production company for defamation.
Themes
Title
Both the Shangean and Estmerish titles of the film come from Matthew 7:1, which reads "Judge not, lest ye be judged" in Estmerish and 「慎毋責人、庶免受責。」 in Shangean. This line, said by Jesus Sotiras in the Sermon on the Mount, was selected .