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A Stranger at Home
Souls with different identities living in the same city turn into strangers, and their roots are still way beyond their grasps. Wong Cheuk-man’s Piled Cloud is a tale of two strangers who are destined to be each other’s passers-by; Chan Kam-hei’s Conditioned illustrates the desperation of the embodied responsibility in dealing with family bondage all by yourself.
Work Introduction
Piled Cloud
Wong Cheuk-man
Col / 25’53”/ In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles
Ex-sailor Lam Dong has retired and lives alone in the city like an outsider. He sub-lets his apartment to Zheng Yang, a film student from Beijing. Since then, there seems to be a foreigner living in Dong’s apartment.
Conditioned
Chan Kam-hei
Col / 24’14”/ In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles
Born in a walled village, Yeuk-lam wears short hair and dresses like a man, which is against her will. Her father is always away and her mother, a hysteric person. Yeuk-lam lives a life that is more lonely and challenging than any other 16-year-old girls. Can she leave this suffocating situation the way her friend Ka-yeung does?