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Bric-A-Brac is a miniature road movie set in an old community in Hong Kong.
“Community” is a peculiar word; it doesn’t carry the same warmth as “family,” but for some, like the characters in the story who do not have an ideal family, on this night, they “have” each other.
Siu (signifies “smile” in Cantonese ), in her seventies, once again endures cruel and unreasonable threats and abuse from her son at home. Having endured it all her life, she determined to push the old sofa that should have been discarded long ago out of her home and walk alone to the garbage dump. At the corner of the street at midnight, Siu runs into her old neighbor, Tong, whom she has known for over thirty years.
Throughout the night, the two of them make stops and push the worn-out and heavy sofa, walking through the quiet old streets, parks, overpass bottoms… They encounter different people, objects, and lonely scenery along the way.
With lighting, scenes, sound, and editing, the audience is immersed in the sweltering night sky, walking through the old community in Hong Kong alongside the two main characters. This journey reveals issues with families and the tangled bonds by blood.
On the road, both of them have changed, yet both of them have not changed.
Unfurls as gradually and unthreateningly as the sky lights up during dawn; we feel fatigued and concerned.
Between old age and death, there is still a segment of life.
Directed by Yan Yan Mak (Hong Kong)
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