Sze Wai

The fairy tale of childhood is that our lives will follow an ideal trajectory. Destiny decides otherwise for Wing-Kai who becomes bedridden, paralysed from the neck down after a car accident. The monotonous hospital life depresses the young man. Years later, he meets a young girl who is caring for her boyfriend in vegetative state, believing that her love will wake him up eventually. Wing-Kai ridicules her innocent optimism. When the young man recovers miraculously, hope reawakens in Wing-Kai who begins rehabilitation training with great fervour. However, time passes and everything remains the same. Sinking into even deeper despair, Wing-Kai tries to regain control over his own destiny.

Kam Tin is home to people of many ethnicities, like a miniature United Nations. Chris moves there from the city with his wife Erica and their daughter, Wing Yan. As they adjust to their new life, they must also learn how to get along with neighbors of different ethnicities. Chris starts a business with an Indian partner, though Erica has little faith in it. Wing Yan befriends an African asylum seeker, sparking gossip. Haunted by unpleasant past experiences, Erica carries racial stereotypes, growing increasingly anxious and unsettled as tensions rise…This film is funded by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council.