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Sister Kam
LO Chun Yip (Siuyea)
Release year: 2013
Run time: 30 minutes
Film type: Documentary
Synopsis
Entering the restaurant: a place that plays French music all day, in red and black color tone, with decoration in cultural and political style. With a few more steps towards the toilet beside the backdoor, you may discover a dish worker who falls asleep standing up while her hands are still in the large plastic tray. This scenery is way more surreal than the atmosphere inside the restaurant.
Her name is Kam Mui, who washes dishes here till midnight every day. Sometimes she has quarrel with the garbage worker, sometimes she shares little stories with others. One time she asks me to help her with the setting of mobile alarm clock, waking up at 5:30am from Monday to Sunday. At that point I realize with shock that this pattern will loop forever in her life. And this is the cycle of labor.
Director biography
LO Chun Yip is a director, actor and the co-founder of “Since They Run Scene”. He completed his debut documentary Days After n Coming in 2012. The film was presented in Hong Kong International Film Festival and multiple other festivals and subsequently won The South Award and Human Rights Award at the South Taiwan Film Festival. In the same year, Lo was given the Award for Young Artist at the 17th Hong Kong Arts Development Awards.
Lo has been focusing on acting in recent years, starring in multiple renowned Hong Kong films, such as Fagara, Suk Suk, Time Still Turns the Pages, and the new indie hit Montages of a Modern Motherhood. His nuanced performance in Time Still Turns the Pages was nominated for Best Leading Actor at the 42th Hong Kong Film Award.
