Adieu

Compassionate and optimistic, Yan Kiu starts working as a social worker, as to provide assistance to patients and families affected by cancer. She is immediately assigned three cases: Cheung's family with their 5-year-old daughter, Yan Yan, suffering from leukemia; the bride-to-be, Ka Shun, who is diagnosed with brain tumor; 80-year-old Auntie Lan, who is living alone and has less than a year to live due to late stage colorectal cancer.Like most middle-class families, Mr Cheung is the breadwinner; while Mrs Cheung is a full-time mother, taking care of their leukemia-suffering daughter Yan Yan. They expect the whole life ahead of them but they have no choice but go on to the road of fighting cancer.The tumor in Ka Shun's brain has spread to basal ganglia making the surgery too risky. The unpleasant side effects brought by chemotherapy are not the only challenges awaits her, but also cognitive changes, memory lost, and so on. Her fiancé Man Kit did not yield to her deterioration and married Ka Shun, and to clear her doubts on life and death together.Auntie Lan has a son and a daughter but they lived apart due to misunderstandings. When she knows she only has a year left to live, she starts to prepare her funeral with the aid of Yan Kiu, but one of her deepest regrets is her relationship with the two children…As death approaches, the three of them are forced to say goodbye to the ones they love. Frustrated by the inability to help, Yan Kiu feels lost on her job. “What’s the meaning of life if everyone is going to die at the end?” She cannot answer the question. This is also what the film would like the audience to think about.