The Way We Are (2008)

The Way We Are 2008 / 天水圍的日與夜 2008 / Tin shui wai dik yat yu ye

A widowed mother and her teenage son lives in Tin Shui Wai. She works in a supermarket, and helps a colleague get into her new job. The child, in the middle of each and every way, approaches adolescence, hesitantly. We find that the mother has made great sacrifices for her family, and now she gives it and puts everything first for another person who needs her more. The way they are, the way we live, an ode to the salt of the earth.