Hong Kong new wave auteur Patrick Tam returned to the director’s chair after 17 years with his heart-wrenching masterpiece about never losing hope in the throes of despair. Working class Malaysian-Chinese Chow Cheong-shing (Aaron Kwok) is a shadow of his former self. Addicted to gambling, debt-ridden and ill-tempered, he’s also become an abusive husband. At wit’s end, his downtrodden wife (Charlie Young) abandons him and their son, setting the two on a downward spiral. Out of work, out of luck, and on the run from loan sharks, Chow and his son end up on the streets risking all odds to survive.