‘Bends’ Screening at The 2013 Beirut International Film Festival

Join the 13th edition of the Beirut International Film Festival for a screening of “Bends,” directed by Flora Lau.

Synopsis:
Bends straddles the Hong Kong-Shenzhen border and tells the story of Anna, an affluent housewife and Fai, her chauffeur, and their unexpected friendship as they each negotiate the pressures of Hong Kong life and the city’s increasingly complex relationship to mainland China.

Fai is struggling to find a way to bring his pregnant wife and young daughter over the Hong Kong border from Shenzhen to give birth to their second child. He crosses the border easily every day working as a chauffeur for Anna.

Anna, in contrast, is struggling to keep up the facade of the ostentatious lifestyle into which she has married after the sudden disappearance of her husband amid financial turmoil. Their two lives collide in a common space, the car.