The Last Berth (艔)

One afternoon, Chan Hing, a fruit and vegetable stall owner, received a notice of clearance for public development. As the market’s demolition became imminent, the family-run shop faced the twilight of its existence. Two generations of the family held diverging views on its impending end: Chan Hing, who had spent his life at the stall, was caught between a deep nostalgia for the past and an agonizing uncertainty about the future. His eldest daughter, Chan Sze Hang, a student, sought to “document” the shop in her own way, while his younger son, Chan Yue Hei, who worked alongside him, retreated into game centers, choosing to live  for the moment. This is a story of how individuals define themselves in the shadow of a fading era.

一天下午,蔬果檔老闆陳興收到一封遷拆信,街市遷拆日突然迫近,家族經營的蔬果檔將要面臨重大變遷。一個家庭兩代人面對遷拆的態度和選擇各有不同——一生貢獻在舖頭的陳興面對過去的情懷進退兩難、長女陳思珩希望以自己的方式「記錄」家族舖、幼子陳裕曦流連機舖活在當下,這是一個關於人們如何擺渡時代更迭的故事。

Directed by Tsui Kai Yuen (Hong Kong).

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