"The Way We Are" tells the story of a hardworking, widowed, single mother (Mrs. Cheung) and her teenage son (Ka-on) living in the troubled housing estate of Tinshuiwai, a suburb regularly featured in the news for all the wrong reasons.
Tracing the life of a left-wing film projectionist and his family over 40 years of Hong Kong history.
The tragedy of great Chinese ancient poet Qu Yuan in Warring States period.