Needing money for her brother’s medical treatment, Liu Yazi agrees to become a surrogate mother for a mysterious benefactor. But when the contract is suddenly terminated, she disappears in a whirlwind, taking the unborn child and leaving former acquaintances, spurned lovers and secret admirers seeking her desperately.
Acting
Deanie Ip steals every scene as morally bankrupt Gipsy.
Direction
Kiwi Chow's patient framing lets discomfort breathe.
Director
Kiwi Chow Kwun-Wai
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released amid Hong Kong's surrogacy ban debates; the film weaponizes maternal melodrama to critique legal hypocrisy around reproductive labor.
Jacky Cheung took the role specifically because he found the character 'pathetic in ways I've never played'—he improvised the breakdown scene in one take.
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