Two strangers, two absent spouses, one cramped apartment. What could possibly go wrong? (Everything. Beautifully.)
Clara Law's debut feature deals with her common theme of emigration as two people, man and woman, from separate couples, have to room together while their spouses are in America to finalize the Canadian citizenship process.
Direction
Clara Law's debut already shows her gift for emotional geography.
Acting
Tien Niu and Kam Kwok-Leung's restrained, yearning performances.
Director
Clara Law
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 1988 film captures a specific moment of Hong Kong anxiety pre-1997 handover, when emigration to Canada peaked.
The title's split '½' characters mirror the fractured identities of émigrés—never whole in one place.
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