A Greek-Irish sailor becomes friends with a 10-year-old sampan girl while his freighter is docked in Hong Kong.
Acting
Stephen Rea's face says everything the script doesn't.
Cinematography
Hong Kong harbor as liminal purgatory, gorgeous and sad.
Director
Marion Hänsel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Marion Hänsel wrote, directed, and produced—rare autonomy for 1995, especially with this budget.
The sampan community depicted was being actively demolished by Hong Kong redevelopment; the film accidentally documents a vanishing world.
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