Directing

Synopsis

And So and So takes a look at life in Hong Kong from an outsider's point of view, exalting the mystery and surprise of ordinary life. This unusual film is composed of ten separate and bizarre stories which are by turns humorous, wistful, romantic and totally unexpected. The offhandedness of the title, And So and So, is deceptive. This is a highly skillfully crafted film. Director Kwok Wai-lung imparts each unusual story with a feeling of the strangeness of real life: Two teenagers revisit their old school and find a long forgotten friend... Two bumblers swim ashore from the mainland and encounter a mysterious pregnant woman on a deserted island... A Filipino woman, married to a Hong Kong man, speaks to her nanny in Tagalong and her husband in Cantonese ...A young kid falls in love with his teacher When the final story is told we understand the stories are arranged in a cycle that has allowed us to journey through love, death, sex, food, and childhood. This is a beautiful film with a great music soundtrack by Roger Lam. And So and So was produced by Simon Chung whose short films Stanley Beloved, Life is Elsewhere and First Love and Other Pains were screened at Reel Asian in 1998 and 1999.