I Blew Out the Candles Before Making a Wish
我未許願先吹蠟燭
- Released
- 10 Sep 2026
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Certificate
- Category IIB
- Original title
- 我未許願先吹蠟燭
- Language
- zh
The verdict
There are not yet enough audience votes to give this a reliable score. It is playing 9 times at 2 cinemas across 2 districts, from HK$60 to HK$105 depending on cinema and time. The cheapest seat is at MY CINEMA YOHO MALL (Yuen Long) in Yuen Long, HK$60. Category IIB · 115 minutes.
What it is about
Young JoJo suddenly comes into a stack of casino chips worth a million and decides to pay off her runaway father’s debt, asking the down-on-his-luck debt collector Hua to gamble on her behalf. In Macau’s chaotic casinos, they form an unlikely alliance, navigating wins, losses, and life’s challenges together. When the final bet arrives, fate cruelly tests them, stripping them of everything, yet revealing the true gift life has been offering.
What to expect
A teenager walks into a Macau casino not to play, but to hand a stack of chips to a debt collector and ask him to gamble on her behalf. That setup is the engine of this 115-minute drama, which spends its time on the wary, pragmatic alliance between JoJo and Hua rather than on the gambling itself. The movie is in Cantonese with English and Chinese subtitles, rated IIB, and is playing a modest run: nine screenings over the next seven days, split across two cinemas in two districts. Tickets start at HK$60. The small scale suits a story that stays close to its two leads and the question of what they owe each other when the money runs out.
Cast
-
Kai Ko
Hua - MUI Cheng
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Elaine Jin Yan-Ling
Chon - Elaine Jin
- Mui Cheng-in Jojo
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Tou Tsung-hua
Gao - Stanley Yau
- Tou Chung Hua
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Stanley Yau Sze-Chun
Lao Sir -
Lei Ko
- David Chang Hsun-Wei
-
Dada Chan Ching
Crew
- Director Chao Koi Wang
- Director Chao Koi-Wang
- Director Yen Hu
- Director HU Chin-Yen
- Writer Yen Hu
- Writer Yi-Ju Chen
- Music Chi Keong Lau
- Director of Photography Sou Wai Kin
- Editor Liao Ching-sung
- Editor Lee Chun-hong
- Editor Nose Chan Chui-Hing
- Executive Producer Tang Tsai-yang
- Executive Producer Eric Liang
- Producer Wu Sin-ye
Where to watch it
9 screenings at 2 cinemas over the next week, from HK$60.
| Cinema | District | Formats | Screenings | Next | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MY CINEMA YOHO MALL (Yuen Long) | Yuen Long | — | 6 | Thu 11:10 | HK$60–100 cheapest |
| Emperor Cinemas Wong Chuk Hang (THE SOUTHSIDE) | Wong Chuk Hang | — | 3 | Thu 10:05 | HK$70–105 |
Prices and times are as published by the cinemas and can change. Cinema names link through to the full timetable and booking.
Common questions
- How long is the movie?
- 115 minutes.
- What is the Hong Kong rating?
- IIB – not suitable for young persons.
- What language is it in, and are there subtitles?
- Cantonese, with English and Chinese subtitles.
- Where and how often is it screening?
- 9 screenings over the next 7 days, across 2 cinemas in 2 districts. Cheapest tickets at HK$60.
