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Road:
Two women from complicated family situations drift into drug addiction via different paths. Under the influence of her parent Mother Fong, an addict, Tsui-Fong (Cheng Yu-ling) becomes a user herself. Misfortune strikes when her live-in boyfriend decides to leave after she becomes pregnant; with the added responsibility of having to care for a baby daughter, she succumbs to the pressure...Meanwhile Siu-Lai (Chan Yuk-lin), to earn a living, becomes a dance-hall girl and subsequently gets into drugs, and eventually ending up the willingly kept woman of a Triad boss. What can social worker Mrs Lee (Wong Shuk-yee) do to bring a ray of hope back into their lives
Bridge:
A wooden bridge across a highway is vital to the livelihood to the local residents of a squatters' area and a housing estate. When the government suddenly announces that the wooden bridge is to be dismantled, it raises the residents' ire and leads to a series of protests. A foreign-born radio reporter covers the affair, but experiences obstruction and in the end resigns in disgust. It is not until the child of a resident is run over while crossing the highway that things begin to turn around...
From Vietnam
Ah Man, born during the Vietnam War, lost both his parents and his elder sister when he was still very young. Barely into his teens, he fled to Hong Kong illegally and found refuge with his elder cousin Yin, his only living relative. Yin teaches Ah Man Cantonese and helps him integrate into society, and his compatriot Chung even finds him work as an apprentice in an art gallery. Ah Man's new life seems to be on track - until, delivering a painting to a hotel, he is shocked that Yin works as a gigolo. Resolving to run away from home, he could never have anticipated that the next time he was to see Yin, it would be in entirely different circumstances
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