Lok, a 34-year-old filmmaker from Macau, has been drifting through Hong Kong’s film industry.
Although she has already directed a feature film, her life remains unstable, her next project has stalled, and her live-in girlfriend, Bei Bei, is pushing for marriage, buying a house, and settling down. Under the weight of reality and creative burnout, Lok finds herself once again torn between choosing an “Ordinary” life or an “Extraordinary” one. This inner struggle leads her to revisit the different versions of herself over the years.
At 22, she was studying in Taiwan and went by the name “Choi,” living what appeared to be a carefree life with her girlfriend, Kai-Ching. Yet with graduation looming and her future uncertain, she was stuck in limbo—unwilling to return to Macau, but unable to stay in Taiwan. Instead of focusing on her thesis, she spiraled into a vague and broken relationship, growing increasingly estranged from herself until she chose to walk away.
At 17, she was still known as “Yan,” living in Macau, where north and south are only 45 minutes apart. She believed in the saying “a simple life is a blessing”—until she met Fei, a free-spirited senior schoolmate who stirred her steady heart. Mustering the courage to confess her feelings, she was met instead with the harsh gap between dreams and reality.
From the confusion of 17, the obsession of 22, to the exhaustion at 34, Lok finally understands, being extraordinary isn’t about rebellion or pleasing others, it’s about being true to herself. Even if the path of filmmaking remains difficult, she’s determined to tell her own story. Even if her life looks a bit messy, that too is her choice.
She decides—screw it. She’ll live happily with Bei Bei, and continue forging her own extraordinary path.
