The Way We Are (Tin shui wai dik yat yu ye)

Tin Shui Wai is a city of sorrow - or so the Hong Kong media has been quick to tell us. However, there is another side to Tin Shui Wai, namely the side where people get up in the morning, live their lives, and contribute the best they can to their communities. Winner of Best Actress, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Supporting Actress at the Hong Kong Film Festival 2009.

Ann Hui's HD-video docudrama, The Way We Are gives voice to these other, less sensational residents of Tin Shui Wai, and manages to give their lives weight and depth, while also not glorifying their working-class honesty.

Bau Hei-Jing (Lost in Time) stars as Mrs. Cheung, who lives with her teenage son Ka-On. Mrs. Cheung works part-time in the local Wellcome supermarket, while Ka-On lazes about their home and occasionally attends church fellowship meetings, due to his admiration towards one of the reverend. Life occurs when the two befriend a new neighbor (Chan Wai-Lun), an elderly woman who lives alone, and soon joins Mrs. Cheung at her workplace. Meanwhile, Mrs. Cheung's mother enters the hospital. Mrs. Cheung is too busy to visit right away. Ka-On visits from time to time, bringing soup with him. Meanwhile, their neighbor needs a light bulb changed, but she's too old and unwilling to do it. Will Ka-On help her change her light bulb? And will Mrs. Cheung ever visit her mum in the hospital? (Source: Hong Kong Film Festival)

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