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Original Film Title: In the Gaze of a Second
Director’s Name: Lap Zhing Yeung
Writer’s Name: Lap Zhing Yeung
Producer: Tak Yip Leung
Country of Origin: Hong Kong
Country of Filming: Hong Kong
Language: Yue Chinese (Cantonese)
Runtime: 1 hour 28 minutes 38 seconds
Film Description:
After transferring to a new school, Chik-Yin meets Tin-Wan, a visually impaired girl who loves photography, and is immediately attracted to Tin-Wan’s lightheartedness and decides to join the photography club she is in, where he will meet her younger sister, Tin-Yeut.
Secretly, Tin-Wan has always felt guilt for Tin-Yeut confining herself to be her caretaker due to her disability. This makes Tin-Wan sacrifices herself by working as a part-time girlfriend for remedy to her sister and to support their family financially. An unexpected turn of event happens as a video of her at work is posted and spread on the internet violently, resulting her, Tin-Yeut, and Chik-Yin being ostracized. She, again, takes the situation personally, but this time she decides to commit suicide.
Since then, Chik-Yin has lived under the shadow of Tin-Wan’s death for three years. However, after he reunites with Tin-Yeut and is given a photo left by her sister, it awakes his memories that sends him to the realm of memories. In that realm, Chik-Yin and Tin-Wan meet again. Perhaps Chik-Yin can find the strength to move forward despite past hardships and struggles.