BENDS

Flora LAU
  • 2013
  • Un Certain Regard
  • First film

BENDS straddles the Hong Kong-­-Shenzhen border and tells the story of ANNA, an affluent housewife and FAI, her chauffeur, and their unexpected friendship as they each negotiate the pressures of Hong Kong life and the city’s increasingly complex relationship to mainland China. Fai is struggling to find a way to bring his pregnant wife and young daughter over the Hong Kong border from Shenzhen to give birth to their second child, even though he crosses the border easily every day working as a chauffeur for Anna. Anna, in contrast, is struggling to keep up the facade of her ostentatious lifestyle into which she has married, after the sudden disappearance of her husband amid financial turmoil. Their two lives collide in a common space, the car.

Directed by : Flora LAU
Year of production: 2013
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 minutes

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Contacts

Secondary Production

  • BAGO PICTURES Hong Kong

Secondary Production

  • FILM DEVELOPMENT FUND OF HONG KONG Hong Kong

Secondary Production

  • A PRIORI IMAGE Hong Kong

Secondary Production

  • SHADOW PUPPET PRODUCTIONS LIMITED Hong Kong