Groundwalk

To a wheelchair-bound elderly woman abandoned to the care of a foreign domestic maid, a phone line is a lifeline that connects her to a cross-section of females from a jumble of bygone eras. As she showers persistent but inconsequent questions on her unwitting receivers, she drifts further from reality, her lucid moments increasingly rare. Struck by the doctor’s advice, her son takes the first step towards helping her separate fact from fantasy, and by relating the nostalgic past to the present, unlocks old memories that are waiting to be shared.

A sweet and daring portrait of blurred sexuality and love complications, this independent feature tells the story of Dennis and Aggie, pals since primary school and roommates for five years. He works in a painting studio while she’s a photographer and aspiring filmmaker. Both are gay, but inseparable as friends. Matters become tense, however, when Dennis announces an arranged marriage and Aggie finds herself increasingly jealous.

After two years of living in Korea, the Covid pandemic led Cherry to return to Hong Kong. Creating a YouTube channel will make her want to increase the number of followers. When weird things start happening all around her, she blames it on the existence of virtual ghosts and asks for help to try to exorcise them.

It is said that December 21, 2012 is the end of the world. Different people doing different things - walking on the street with shopping bags; rushing to say I Love You; watching DVD at home; looking at the stock certificates; rushing to walk in the tunnel; having dinner with family; embracing each other warmly. What they are doing, is because the end of the world, or other reasons?