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Synopsis
Under the flyovers of Sham Shui Po in Hong Kong live a group of down-and-outs. Despised by local residents, they are regularly forced to move due to the city’s redevelopment projects.
One winter night, the authorities clear all their personal belongings while they are sleeping. Sick of being evicted, Fai and his companion decide to build wooden fences around their living space. Meanwhile, Ms. Ho, a young social worker, helps them take to court to demand compensation for their losses.
Movie Info
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Jun Li
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Francis Ng, Loletta Lee, Tse Kwan Ho, Cecilia Choi, Chu Pak Hong, Baby Bo, Will Or
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Cantonese with English Subtitling
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112 mins
Director: Jun Li
Director’s Statement
The first time I encountered the homeless in Sham Shui Po, I was a student journalist in my early twenties. Back then, people slept on the ground outside the Jade Market. Once you sat down, they would begin to talk — about past lives, unhealed wounds, and pains that could never be forgotten, with every detail laid bare.
Later, I left Hong Kong for a while. When I returned, the wooden shacks had multiplied, fences had grown taller, and people came and went, gradually fading from each other’s lives. As an outsider, it became harder and harder to reach them. I wrote about these changes born of intrusion, recording both goodwill and hostility.
Many who heard I was making this film asked me why. Why are they on the streets? What had they done to end up homeless? But this film is not here to answer that. I am not here to condemn, nor to sympathize. My focus is on their present lives and conditions. I believe that no matter where someone comes from, or what they may have done in the past, they have the right to fight for dignity and the right to be treated with the respect every human being deserves.