After Ann Hui On-Wah finished her most expensive production from the film "The Postmodern Life of My Aunt" (2006), she returned from Shanghai to Tin Shui Wai, Hong Kong to shoot this small production of "The Way We Are" (2008) with a high-definition video camera. It can be seen that her strong adaptability is admirable. This time, Ann Hui went to Tin Shui Wai, where family tragedies have often occur, and filmed the scene. This place is described by the media as a city of sadness. Mrs. Cheung, played by Paw Hee-Ching, and her dependent son Cheung Ka-On, played by Leung Chun-Lung, came to show the peaceful and comfortable side of the residents of Tin Shui Wai. Mrs. Cheung's family is happy, after her husband died and her son lived in Tian Shui Wai, the audience learned from her mother's mouth that she once brought her two younger brothers to study, and they both had successful careers, but her sister and her son still lived in a corner that was forgotten by society, live humbly. In the film, when Mrs. Cheung went to the hospital to visit her mother, her mother said that it was very difficult to be a human being, and she just said, "How difficult is it?"
Her mother described her as a fool and only understands work and life attitude. Ann Hui used old photos of female factory workers in the 1960s and 1970s to compare this character with the efforts and contributions of that generation of Hong Kong people. The core value of that generation of Hong Kong people is also Ann Hui, her own portrayal of Hong Kong and her film career. It's Clifton Ko Chi-Sum and Vincent Chui, two generations of filmmakers who play Mrs. Cheung's younger brother and brother-in-law. Ann Hui has directly and indirectly supported them, but Ann Hui is still making films in earnest and sticking to the director's post without any ambiguity.
The film begins with Mrs. Cheung and her son, their daily life, and ends with the two and their newly acquainted colleague Chan Lai-Wun, a character full of tragic, who is infected by the two broad minds and enjoys a moment of family warmth on the Mid-Autumn Festival night. Finally, Ann Hui ends with Wu Yingyin's song "The Bright Moon Sends My Love Across a Thousand Miles" and old photos of citizens celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival in Victoria Park, citing Tin Shui Wai and Hong Kong people, the name of the film "The Way We Are".
By Kam Po LAM (original in Chinese)
Her mother described her as a fool and only understands work and life attitude. Ann Hui used old photos of female factory workers in the 1960s and 1970s to compare this character with the efforts and contributions of that generation of Hong Kong people. The core value of that generation of Hong Kong people is also Ann Hui, her own portrayal of Hong Kong and her film career. It's Clifton Ko Chi-Sum and Vincent Chui, two generations of filmmakers who play Mrs. Cheung's younger brother and brother-in-law. Ann Hui has directly and indirectly supported them, but Ann Hui is still making films in earnest and sticking to the director's post without any ambiguity.
The film begins with Mrs. Cheung and her son, their daily life, and ends with the two and their newly acquainted colleague Chan Lai-Wun, a character full of tragic, who is infected by the two broad minds and enjoys a moment of family warmth on the Mid-Autumn Festival night. Finally, Ann Hui ends with Wu Yingyin's song "The Bright Moon Sends My Love Across a Thousand Miles" and old photos of citizens celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival in Victoria Park, citing Tin Shui Wai and Hong Kong people, the name of the film "The Way We Are".
By Kam Po LAM (original in Chinese)