Line

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.

Director: Gilitte Leung

Cast: May Leong, Taylor Ma, Melanie Wong Ho Ying, Aaron Chow, Wong Siu-Foon, Edward Ma Chi-Wai, Edmond Hui Yiu-Chung

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.