2017-08-24
Lost in Time
If you hit the right spots, i can be quite emotional. And actress Cecilia Cheung as "Siu Wai" and actor Sean Lau as "Dai Fai" are telling a great story about lost and love. I discovered the movie "Lost in Time" almost a decade ago. And you are probably not going to watch it, unless you understand Hong Kong-Chinese, also known as Cantonese. But there is a little hope, because English subtitles are available. I like the movie so much, that i actually have two DVDs of "Lost in Time", because i didn't found my first copy from 2008, so i bought it a second time in 2010, just to cry a little bit again. Last year, i made a digital copy of the DVD via "HandBrake", because i don't want to let it go that easily.
A week ago, i was with my mother for three weeks in Hong Kong. And i was a passenger of these iconic minibuses several times. They are an essential part of the story, which makes it feel even more authentic. Because "Siu Wai" takes on her fiancé's minibus business, after he has been killed in an accident, to support his son "Lok Lok". Siu Wai struggles and finds a friend in "Dai Fai", another minibus driver, who was at the scene of her fiancé's accident. Dai Fai assists Siu Wai by taking care of Lok Lok and teaching her the rules of driving a minibus in Hong Kong. As Dai Fai becomes more involved with Siu Wai and her daily challenges, their relationship is getting more complicated. Now you just have to watch it yourself, because i'm not going to spoil it for you.