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Awarded the 3rd Asia-Pacific Young Filmmakers Festival's Prize of Distinction
In the early 70's, slum dwellers are doomed to living with loud noise, overcrowding and the utmost dilapidation. Admits unceasing fights and quarrels, everyone is oblivious to the plight of others until the sudden demise of an old man and the outbreak of a fire brings home to them the importance mutual support and community spirit.
A news special reveals the hardship faced by some 5,000 boat people in Aldrich Bay, who live in a cramped and unsanitary environment, with no water for either drinking or flushing their waste. All they can do is pray to the gods for a better life, but the government's 10-year housing construction scheme brings them a tiny spark of hope...
A 60 year-old husband leaves home to live on his own; his wife wants a divorce. Their four children are anxious to save their parents marriage in their twilight years, but have family problems of their own to deal with, and none of them are willing to shoulder the burden of caring for their aged mother.
Awarded the 29th Chicago International Film and TV Festival's Prize of Distinction
Lynn, her husband and their daughter emigrated to San Franciso one after another. The relation among the trio is unstable. Tynn's mother from the mainland who has been separated from her daughter for over 20 years, comes to see Lynn in Hong Kong. Mother and daughter break the ice and develop a mutual understanding. The story depicts the pressure on familial relations ship brought about by the wave of emigration
Awarded the 21st Chicago International Film and TV Festival's Prize of Distinction
Uncle So leaves home to lead an independent life. At first, he was pleased with finding an ideal job at an antique shop at Hollywood Road; but later disillusioned by the manipulation of the owner of the shop, he ends up...
A pawnshop could tell stories of all walks of life. The story goes that a thief who stole a hold pen meets a down and out old writer. The thief gradually becomes sympathetic to the writer who has to pawn his antique collection, even at the cost of his life. The Chinese character "pawn" depicts the sentiments of ordinary and powerless individuals.
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