After her father died, a Hong Kong girl discovers she has two hitherto unknown sisters, one in Taiwan and one in China. To settle her father's debt, she must reunite with them to run the family's hot pot restaurant.
Acting
Sammi Cheng carries three women's worth of baggage effortlessly.
Production
The restaurant becomes a fourth character, steam and all.
Writing
Balances three provinces' worth of resentment without tipping over.
Director
Heiward Mak Hei-Yan
Sammi Cheng Sau-Man
Acacia Ha
Megan Lai
Branch (Blanche) Au Yeung
Li Xiaofeng
Cherry Ha
Vickey Liu
Chang Ya-ling - Branch's Mother
Wu Yanshu
Liu Fang - Cherry's Grandmother
Richie Jen
Choi Ho-shan
Andy Lau
Kwok Tin-yan
Kenny Bee
Ha Leung
Lo Chun-Yip
Radish
Joman Chiang
Acacia's Mother
Ben Yuen Foo-Wah
Yong - Funeral Service Agent
Bryant Mak
Francis
Tam Tin-Bo
Hot Pot Restaurant's Cashier
Sham Ka-Ki
Estate Agent
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film's trilingual structure mirrors Hong Kong's fractured identity post-handover, with each sister literally speaking a different 'Chinese.' Director Heiward Mak uses food as political metaphor.
Sammi Cheng reportedly learned basic Sichuan dialect for Cherry's scenes, though Li Xiaofeng dubbed most lines. The hot pot restaurant set was built in a converted Kowloon warehouse and became a real pop-up after filming.
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