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The Nowhere Home
City flows along people’s movements. Ng Chun’s A Long Ride features a closing laundry store with an unfinished tale, and recaptures the rhythm of the city in a slow pace; Jun Li’s Liu Yang He presents audiences with the restlessness of the city through Kah and her customer who shares a difficult past.
Work Introduction
A Long Ride
Ng Chun
Col / 25’06”/ In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles
2015, summer. A laundry shop in To Kwa Wan is closing down due to urban re-development. Kau, the shop’s worker, wishes to return a suit jacket owned by a loyal costumer in person. Holding an old and stopped pocket watch, he strolls along buildings and railways under construction and searches through every part of the district.
Liu Yang He
Jun Li
Col / 29’22”/ In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles
Kah was a sent-down youth during the Cultural Revolution, and was permanently injured in an industrial accident. She was then married to Hong Kong and later became a sex worker. One day she meets this amputated client, whose family escaped from the revolution when he was young. They feel sympathy towards each other…