Flavia is a thirtysomething married teacher. She has suppressed the memory of her adolescent lesbian fling with Jin and is stuck in a stifling marriage. A chance encounter in a supermarket with the playful and seductive singer Yip reawakens dormant feelings and she begins to think back on her teenage affair with Jin.
Acting
Josie Ho's quiet devastation — every suppressed glance is a whole novel.
Cinematography
Hong Kong's neon loneliness framing desire like it's another character.
Direction
Mak Yan-Yan's debut confidence in weaving timelines without losing intimacy.
Director
Gorretti Mak Yan-Yan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
One of the rare early 2000s Hong Kong films centering lesbian relationships without male gaze exploitation, made by women for women.
The 'girls' love' genre label often applied to this film reductively obscures its mature exploration of middle-aged queer identity and regret.
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