

Papa
How far can a father's love go?
A 15-year-old boy murders his mother and sister. The father, Nin Yuen, returns to his cafe, haunted by memories of a once-happy family: his wife preparing breakfast, his son playing video games, and his daughter caring for their calico cat. Yuen finds himself unable to hate the living or forget the dead. As they confront life’s cruelty, will Yuen and his son’s strained relationship ever find redemption?
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7.8/10
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- —
- Box office
- $2.8M
- Language
- Cantonese
- biography
- based on true story
- murder
- sole survivor
- based on real person
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Release dates
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1528 Feb 2025
ChinaCN
- Theatrical27 Jun 2026
Hong KongHK
- PremiereIIBHong Kong Asian Film Festival10 Nov 2024
- TheatricalIIB5 Dec 2024
IrelandIE
- Theatrical1628 Feb 2025
JapanJP
- PremiereTokyo International Film Festival31 Oct 2024
SingaporeSG
- TheatricalM186 Mar 2025
TaiwanTW
- Theatrical15+3 Jan 2025
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Papa was released on 5 December 2024.
Audience reviews
1- C7/10
CinemaSerf
3/12/2025
This is a tough film to watch, but it’s worth it. “Papa” (Ching-wan Lau) runs a bustling café and we first meet him looking forlornly at his apartment from the street outside. It transpires that there has been a double-murder and that his wife and daughter have been stabbed to death by their son. The young lad has openly admitted the crime and is soon committed for psychiatric care as schizophrenia is suspected. Over…
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