Lee Ho Lam

Shan, a Hong Kong cosmetologist, learnt about the art of solitude during the lockdown period of pandemic. As the regulation of prohibition on group gathering was imposed in April 2020, Shan had to close down her small business and build a new daily routine.

A night delivery man meets a woman who works in a publishing house. He helps her deliver books to a warehouse during rainy days, and in each encounter an endearing bond forms between them.

The textbook definition of a good citizen is a person who works hard, helps others and respects the law. A night minivan driver witnesses a crime and chases the robber down an alley and confronts him. A bloody fistfight ensues. But when the shot cuts to his close-up in the confined space of the interrogation room, we find him looking ragged and unkempt, trying hard to give a coherent account of what had happened to a hostile plain clothes cop, wondering if it pays to be a good citizen when one becomes punished for one’s own good intentions.

Yumi works at a record store, dreams about Kurt Cobain could take her away from the boring life she lives. As she is approaching 27 years old, she begins to think about what can she do to resist the social norms.