Almost Home
Director : Jiang Wenjie
Actor : Hon Lai-chu, Lee Wai-yi, Human Ip
Type : DOCUMENTARY
Duration : 96 Minutes
Rating : I
Show Date : 2026-12-18
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What does “home” mean to a writer? Hon Lai Chu lives with her cat Tony, carrying fragments of home through repeated movement. In Sham Shui Po, Lee Wai Yi runs the street-side shop halfcup squat, where a neighbourhood slowly takes shape among people once unknown to each other. Human Ip moves to the remote Hakka village of Lai Chi Wo, finding healing among wild animals and native plants, and living alongside the natural world. But when the home once known no longer exists, where can one still go? Filmed over five years, the documentary bears witness to a Hong Kong in constant change. Like trees rooted in the city, the three writers have never left. Through writing, they remain in a moment before arrival, where movement becomes a way of staying. They are still on the way.