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Bodyguards and Assassins Screening

Beatrix Ong hosted a very special screening of Teddy Chan’s Bodyguards and Assassins at Piccadilly Circus. Bringing together Asia House and SOAS, the screening included a Q&A with Peter Sun, great grand son of Dr. Sun Yat Sen, of whom the plot of the movie centers around.

Bodyguards and Assassins is a 2009 Hong Kong historical action film directed by Teddy Chan, featuring an all-star cast including Donnie Yen, Wang Xueqi, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Nicholas Tse, Hu Jun, Chris Lee, Eric Tsang, Fan Bingbing, Zhang Hanyu, Wang Po-chieh, Mengke Bateer and Leon Lai. The film is about Sun Yat-sen making a secret trip to British-ruled Hong Kong to discuss plans with fellow revolutionaries to start a revolution to overthrow the Qing Empire and establish a republic in China. When Sun faces an attempt on his life by assassins sent by the Qing government, a motley crew of people from various walks of life band together to protect him and ensure that the meeting goes as planned.

Leong’s Legends provided the delicious handmade dim sum served in bamboo steamers and the drinks were sponsored by Vitamin Water.