A wealthy Hong Kong housewife, Anna, lives a spoiled, bored life. When her husband suddenly leaves, taking the money and prestige with him, she refuses to accept her changed circumstances. Her chauffeur, Fai, who lives in an ugly barrack across the border in Shenzhen, is trying to get his wife—whose second pregnancy is a violation of the Chinese one-child policy—over the border so she can give birth in Hong Kong.
Carina Lau
Anna Li
Chen Kun
Wong Tze-Fai
Tian Yuan
Tingting
Lawrence Cheng Tan-Shui
Leo
Stephanie Che Yuen-Yuen
Lulu
Michelle Lo
Mabel
Elena Kong Mei-Yee
Jane
Kenneth Cheung Moon-Yuen
Kuen
Tony Ho
Dancing tutor
A wealthy Hong Kong housewife, Anna, lives a spoiled, bored life. When her husband suddenly leaves, taking the money and prestige with him, she refuses to accept her changed circumstances. Her chauffeur, Fai, who lives in an ugly barrack across the border in Shenzhen, is trying to get his wife—whose second pregnancy is a violation of the Chinese one-child policy—over the border so she can give birth in Hong Kong.
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