Simon Says, Simon Says
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Amid changing times, as friends and relatives are leaving the city one after the other, our once familiar neighbourhood is becoming foreign. Yeung Por Por has her luggage packed for the one-way flight out of the city with her son. During her final hours in Hong Kong, she goes to the Wan Chai seaside and is shocked to find a barricaded construction site. Following Rhea, her domestic helper to the latter’s Filipino community, Yeung Por Por realises what it means to be uprooted from one’s homeland. Subtly and wistfully, the film relates the difficulties and dilemmas of migration, closing with ‘You Said We’d Be Back’ by the folk-rock duo My Little Airport.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2022-06-19
Runtime: 30 mins
Director: Siu Chi-yan
Writer: Siu Chi-yan
Spoken language: 广州话 / 廣州話, English,
Genres: Drama
Original title: Simon Says, Simon Says
Production Companies: Fresh Wave, Hong Kong Arts Development Council
Production Countries: Hong Kong
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