45 minSeason 1 • Episode 20
LatestSiu Wai-ming has been haunted by a dream of a woman wearing a cheongsam for many years. When he becomes an administrative manager for an old apartment building, he meets a tenant – air stewardess Alex Cheung – who looks exactly like the woman in his dream. As they get to know each other, the apartment building seems to come to life, performing the strange and fantastical lives of the tenants who live there.
Acting
Selena Lee plays dual roles with heartbreaking subtlety.
Production
The titular building feels like its own character.
Writing
Every tenant's story loops back masterfully.
Creator
Yip Chun Fai
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The cheongsam imagery evokes 1960s Hong Kong cinema, particularly In the Mood for Love, but subverts its romanticism into something more sinister.
The building's name 'Barrack O'Karma' is a pun on 'Bale No. 7' in Cantonese, referencing both its address and the Buddhist concept of karmic debt.
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