Love Will Tear Us Apart (1999)

Directed by

Yu Lik-wai

How it feels

A mainland Chinese prostitute arrives in Hong Kong on a tourist visa and feels invisible in the city. She crosses paths with three other immigrants: a lift operator who lost her leg, her boyfriend who works at a failing porn video shop, and a lift repairer who plays pranks on radio phone-ins. Their lonely lives intersect in cramped and seedy places around the city.

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