Three love stories. Three stages of life. One woman’s journey through heartbreak, growth, and the enduring courage to love again.
Romance, Coming of Age, LGBT | Mandarin, Cantonese | 101 Minutes
Macau, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand
synopsis
Lok, a 34-year-old filmmaker from Macau, has been drifting through Hong Kong’s film industry.
Although she has already directed a feature film, her life remains unstable, her next project has stalled, and her live-in girlfriend, Bei Bei, is pushing for marriage, buying a house, and settling down. Under the weight of reality and creative burnout, Lok finds herself once again torn between choosing an “Ordinary” life or an “Extraordinary” one. This inner struggle leads her to revisit the different versions of herself over the years.
At 22, she was studying in Taiwan and went by the name “Choi,” living what appeared to be a carefree life with her girlfriend, Kai-Ching. Yet with graduation looming and her future uncertain, she was stuck in limbo—unwilling to return to Macau, but unable to stay in Taiwan. Instead of focusing on her thesis, she spiraled into a vague and broken relationship, growing increasingly estranged from herself until she chose to walk away.
At 17, she was still known as “Yan,” living in Macau, where north and south are only 45 minutes apart. She believed in the saying “a simple life is a blessing”—until she met Fei, a free-spirited senior schoolmate who stirred her steady heart. Mustering the courage to confess her feelings, she was met instead with the harsh gap between dreams and reality.
From the confusion of 17, the obsession of 22, to the exhaustion at 34, Lok finally understands, being extraordinary isn’t about rebellion or pleasing others, it’s about being true to herself. Even if the path of filmmaking remains difficult, she’s determined to tell her own story. Even if her life looks a bit messy, that too is her choice.
She decides—screw it. She’ll live happily with Bei Bei, and continue forging her own extraordinary path.
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Director Bio
Tracy Choi grew up in Macau and developed a passion for film after first encountering video production in secondary school. Driven by a cinematic dream, she pursued film studies in Taiwan for four years at university. After graduating and returning to Macau, she worked at a television station and also participated in the production of short films and documentaries.
In 2012, her documentary I’m Here won the Jury Prize at the Macau International Film and Video Festival and was either selected or invited for screening at various film festivals across Asia and Europe. Her graduation film, Sometimes Naive, from the Master of Fine Arts in Film Production at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, received the Best Film award in the student category at the FIRST International Film Festival. Her documentary Farming on the Wasteland was recommended by the Jury at the 2014 Macau International Film and Video Festival.
Her debut feature film Sisterhood, was selected as a competition film at the International Film Festival & Awards‧Macao and won the Macao Audience Choice Award. It also received two nominations at the 36th Hong Kong Film Awards and was nominated and won awards at multiple international film festivals. Her second feature film, Lonely Eighteen (2023), and third feature film, Promise of Decades (2024), were released respectively.
Credits
Cast
Fish Liew as Lok
Jennifer Yu as Bei
Elizabeth Tang as Choi
Han Ning as Kai Ching
Natalie Hsu as Yan
Eliz Lau as Faye
Candy Man as Mother
Kin Tak Chan as Father
Directed by Tracy Choi
Produced by Estela Valdivieso Chen, Jacqueline Liu
Writers： Shiu Wa Lou, Sebrina Cheng
Director of Photography：Simmy Sin Mei Cheong Production Designer：Huei Li Liao
Costume Designers：Chantelle Cheang, Tiffany Lin
Editors：Chen Ching Lei, J. HIM LEE
Music：Ellison Lau
Color Grading Studio：Tetsujin Post-Production Ltd. Dolby Mixing Studio：3H SOUND STUDIO LTD.
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