Your home fits in a garbage truck. Your lawyer has fresh highlights. Welcome to Hong Kong.
Just out of jail, Fai finds a spot on a street corner where other homeless people welcome him. But he doesn’t get much time to settle in. The police soon chase them away, and their possessions disappear into a garbage truck. Young social worker Ms. Ho thinks it’s time to fight this in court. In the meantime, Fai and his friends have other concerns.
Acting
Francis Ng's weathered silence speaks louder than any monologue.
Direction
Jun Li shoots Hong Kong's underbelly with unflinching compassion.
Writing
Courtroom scenes that actually understand how power grinds people down.
Director
Jun Li
Francis Ng Chun-Yu
Fai
Loletta Lee Lai-Chun
Chan Mui
Gardner Tse Kwan-Ho
Master
Tommy Chu Pak-Hong
Dai Shing
Cecilia Choi
Ms. Ho
Will Or Wai-Lam
Muk
Cecilia Yip Tung
Muk's Mother
Shaun Chen
Ka Fei
Yu Miu-Lin
Sister Hoi
Bobby Yu Shuk-Pui
Chuk Ling
Baby Bo
Lan
Kenneth Cheung Moon-Yuen
Luk Man
Singh Hartihan Bitto
Singh
Buber Mak
Jenny
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on real 2012 Hong Kong court case where homeless residents sued the government for destroying their belongings—Jun Li spent years interviewing unhoused communities to build authenticity.
The film's Cantonese title '濁水漂流' literally means 'Drifting in Turbid Water'—a poetic nod to how Hong Kong's 'economic miracle' washed over its most vulnerable. Notice how the skyline rarely appears.
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