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"Years of Macau" is an anthology film consisting of nine short films set in different years and locations in Macau. They include "Go Back Home", "REC-Last Days", "Sparkling Mind", "The Last Show", "Till the End of World", "The First Cigarette", "A Moment", "Dirty Laundry" and "Summer". All nine directors are from Macau, most of whom were born and raised here. The stories of each film share what the directors feel about Macau using the language of cinema to convey their love for the city.
Macau Stories 3 - City Maze is composed of three individual stories.
Young Jojo suddenly comes into a stack of casino chips worth a million and decides to pay off her runaway father’s debt, asking the down-on-his-luck debt collector Hua to gamble on her behalf. In Macau’s chaotic casinos, they form an unlikely alliance, navigating wins, losses, and life’s challenges together. When the final bet arrives, fate cruelly tests them, stripping them of everything, yet revealing the true gift life has been offering. I Blew Out the Candle Before Making a Wish explores money, family, and responsibility, capturing the shadows and resilience of human nature.
A young man from Hong Kong wakes up. He finds his home transformed into a train car. He feels like he is still dreaming. But the woman who speaks Mandarin said this was not his dream.
A 17 year old loser meets a mysterious and beautiful cleaner girl by chance. They have totally different characters and backgrounds but have a wonderful adventure in the garbage dump. Ultimately, they inspire each other.
Ah-Fu, burdened with overwhelming debt, moves into a container home deep in the woods with his nine-year-old son, Wei-Wei. Together with his girlfriend Jing-Wen and her seven-year-old daughter Huan-Huan, this makeshift, struggling family does their best to get through each day. Though life is poor, these small, fleeting moments gradually gather into a warm current of memories in the child’s heart. Years later, the container home they once lived in appears in the news. Wei-Wei is drawn back to those memories—Ah-Fu’s disappearance, Jing-Wen leaving without a word, a rusted biscuit tin, and a set of unclaimed human remains.
Fighting for a lottery ticket, two star-crossed lovers and a big flock of greedy fools experienced an eccentric night. Love is never simply the bond between two souls. It gets even more complicated when comes to money. Casino host Wei Wei and her boyfriend Chi-ho put all of their hope and energy into winning the weekly lottery, until one day Lady Luck makes them the jackpot winners. Struggling with huge debt loads due to a wrong investment decision, Chi-ho is overjoyed by this sudden change in his fortunes; however, having to choose between love and money, Wei Wei is planning something different. With luck and misfortune coming at the same time, can they still hold on to a faint ray of hope?
Soft, an escaped undocumented worker, clutches a woman's ID card in his hand. This woman is the goddess of his best friend, Chai, who yearns to meet her. To fulfill Chai's desire, Soft embarks on a journey, heading toward the location indicated on the ID card.
