To a wheelchair-bound elderly woman abandoned to the care of a foreign domestic maid, a phone line is a lifeline that connects her to a cross-section of females from a jumble of bygone eras. As she showers persistent but inconsequent questions on her unwitting receivers, she drifts further from reality, her lucid moments increasingly rare. Struck by the doctor’s advice, her son takes the first step towards helping her separate fact from fantasy, and by relating the nostalgic past to the present, unlocks old memories that are waiting to be shared.
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Cast
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May Leong
Yuen Lai Sheung / Mum
Known for
Limbo
Mad World
Taylor Ma
Yuen Lai Sheung (Young Adult)
No other roles listed
Melanie Wong Ho Ying
Yuen Lai Sheung (Child)
Also in
Themis
Barrack O'Karma 1968
Aaron Chow
Yuen's Son
Also in
What If
In Geek We Trust
Wong Siu-Foon
Yuen's Daughter
Known for
Dumplings
Eye in the Sky
Edward Ma Chi-wai
Yuen's Boyfriend
Known for
Detective vs. Sleuths
Edmond Hui Yiu-Chung
Doctor
Also in
Lost in the City's Toilet
Meeting of the Half Moons
Gilitte Leung Director · Hugo Chow Cinematographer
First release December 14, 2012 · Produced in Hong Kong SAR China · Production Hong Kong Arts Development Council
Production
Fresh Wave
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Hong Kong Arts Development Council
Production
Hong Kong SAR China
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Languages
Original title
接線
Original language
Cantonese
Spoken on screen
Cantonese
Release dates
Hong Kong SAR China · December 14, 2012
Premiere · Fresh Wave International Short Film Festival 2012
No release date listed for United States.
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