The Handbook of Suicide Prevention
Overview
Death is a moment whose reverberation endures for the living. Three students from the Audio-Visual team are shooting a documentary on a schoolmate who has recently committed suicide. It is intended to convey a ‘positive message’ to the entire school about the importance of life. During interviews, the students notice some discrepancies in the testimonies, particularly those by a prefect and a teacher, while friends of the deceased seem to be withholding some inconvenient truth. Should the team pursue the truth, or act as the school’s propagandist? Filmed in a mocumentary style, The Handbook of Suicide Prevention challenges and exposes the hypocrisy and suppression that haunt adolescence.
Director
Jonathan Wong Ka-nok
Top Cast
Li Siu-tung
Ho Ka Wai
Sam Lee Sum Yu
Lam Ka Lok
Chan Hin Ko
Yip Chun
Jasmine Leung Kin-Yi
Leung Wing Sze
Jamie Leung Suet Yin
Tam Sin Yau
Samuel Lam Kin Shun
Ma Sau Shing
Giddens Chan Wun-chak
Chow Hoi Lun
