Focus: Funny Business

Chicken and Duck Talk

Clifton Ko Chi-sum

1988 / HKG / 1h39 / Age: 12 (14)

Fight for the Peking order

In Hong Kong, a small Peking duck restaurant finds itself hounded by the health authorities. And the situation only gets worse when a fast-food outlet specialising in fried chicken opens up on the pavement opposite. This marks the start of an all-out war, pitting two contrasting visions of the restaurant trade against one another. A wildly off-the-wall comedy that strings together a series of far-fetched situations at a breakneck pace!

Language: Cantonese

Subtitles: French

Starring: Michael Hui, Ricky Hui & Sylvia Chang


Funny Business

The VIFFF is dedicating its 2026 thematic focus to workplace comedies. From the Industrial Revolution to artificial intelligence, via the rise of office-based employment, the world of work has been constantly changing — with its dreams of progress as well as its disillusionments.

Combining satire of capitalism with a critique of power dynamics, this selection humorously explores the absurdities of our everyday working lives.