Four stories of Hong Kong: an Indonesian caretaker faces a dilemma when her elderly charge insists on an outing downtown, against her employer’s explicit orders; two brothers reminisce during a reunion in their mother’s hole-in-the-wall toy shop; a pair of teachers—one local, one foreign—bond over yuenyeung and other standbys of Hong Kong culinary culture. The last story is an excursion into a documentary, following a young barista/actress and her improbable candidacy in the 2019 District Council elections, held against the backdrop of the city’s pro-democracy protests. Leung and Reilly’s debut is steeped in nostalgia but also bracingly contemporary, paying bittersweet tribute to Hong Kong's contested past, whirlwind present, and ambivalent future. — Josh Martin, Features Programmer
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DIRECTORS/WRITERS/PRODUCERS: Leung Ming-kai, Kate Reilly
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Derek Siu Hing-wa, Leung Ming-kai
EDITORS: Marcus C.W. Chan, Kate Reilly, Leung Ming-kai
MUSIC: Timothy Leung Lok-tin
CAST: Leong Cheok-mei, Mia Mungil, Zeno Koo, Lam Yiu-sing, Gregory Wong, Kate Reilly, Jessica Lam Sin-tung
LENGTH: 78 min
LANGUAGES: Cantonese and English with Chinese and English subtitles
COUNTRY: Hong Kong
GENRE: Anthology w/ fictional and documentary chapters
ACCOLADES / FESTIVALS
2019 Hong Kong Asian Film Festival
2020 International Film Festival Rotterdam
2020 New York Asian Film Festival
2020 San Diego Asian Film Festival
2020 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival
2020 Warsaw Five Flavours Asian Film Festival
2020 Vancouver International Film Festival
2020 Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards, Best Screenplay
2021 Focus Hong Kong
2021 Singapore Chinese Film Festival