1... 2... 3
Young man, I said not to blink on the count of three!
If you can't manage that
Iet someone else go first!
1... 2... 3!
So, do you want your picture taken or not?
Why don't you ever answer me?
( Going Home) a Peter Chan Film
Where can I find the management?
Anyone in?
I'm here
We've just...
I know who you are... just follow me
Cheung! Where are you?
Everyone has moved out and then you two move in...
And they are tearing the place down in a month!
A man of my age can't be expected to climb these stairs
What do you do?
Police officer? Good, that's impressive
The toilet's out here...
The cooking area's over there...
Dad!
That's just Mr. Yu...
his wife is paralyzed from the waist down
Cheung!
Dad!
What?
When are you coming home?
As soon as I get off work in the morning!
What's wrong now?
There is no toilet in here
It's just outside
I'm scared to go out
Look, you're a man
You can't be such a coward!
How many times do l have to tell you?
You're a man!
Be brave! Don't be scared of everything!
What if someone keeps staring at me?
Then stare right back at him!
Who stares at you, anyway?
The little girl who lives opposite
You're scared of a little girl?
Come on, eat up, I have to get back to work
Your hair is just as childish as you are!
I've told it to stop the split ends
but it just wouldn't listen
Whatever I say, it does the opposite, same as you!
And you know I don't mind, because I love you
Mom and Dad can't wait to see us...
...for Chinese New Year
And they've been counting the days
Just four more days, then we can go home
I'll buy the train tickets tomorrow
We should get them some gifts too
What do you think they'd like to eat?
Chocolate
Will you play with me?
1 1 o'clock...
1 1 in the evening?!
Have you seen my son?
No, you'd better find him soon before it's too late!
Cheung!
Mr. Yu?
My name is Chan, I've just moved in opposite
Yes?
- That strong smell is medicine? - What do you want?
I can't find my son, I wonder if he's come here to play
My wife isn't well, we don't like interlopers
He always talks about your daughter
Maybe he's playing with her?
I don't have a daughter! We don't have children
I'm sorry
Where's my son?
On the second day at university
when Miss Zhang introduced our new classmate
she called your name
and you stood up and shouted Here!
Everyone burst out laughing
Miss Zhang said, it's not high school
you don't need to stand up to answer questions
And everyone laughed even harder!
You know
I was so happy that they put us in the same study group
I went outside and danced around like a man possessed!
I held your hand for the first time...
... when I learnt how to take a pulse
You look just the same now as you did then
Your pulse was racing
your head was bowed low, you didn't dare look up at me
I won't let you take my pulse ever again
I bathe you every day
and you're still embarrassed?
Your wife is dead!
Western medical science would agree with you
But her tumors can be driven out...
... if I immerse her in Chinese herbs everyday
She'll revive when she's well
Are you barking mad?
Tumors? Revive?
You've strangled her!
Look at the bruises on her neck!
Hai'er told me to do it
It's the only way she can be cured
Hai'er, I had to kill you to cure you
You must revive
How could I live without you?
We've managed to get through the worst of it, haven't we?
Soon, just three more days
We'll be together again
We're in the same boat
My son is all I have left
Please give him back!
He's not here!
I haven't taken him
Then let me go!
Let me go and look for him!
You have to wait three days until my wife revives
I can let you go then
She's revived already! You were just talking to her!
No need to wait three days!
Let me go now!
You think I'm crazy?
You have terrible asthma, how can you do your job?
Stick out your tongue
Stick it out further
Low qi, exhaustion, bad digestion
You should avoid greasy and oily food
Don't eat cabbage, bak choy, bean sprouts, pears...
...oranges or mangosteens
At least, not until your qi improves
And get more exercise
Western medicine can harm you
I'll write you a prescription for this medicine
Then you can buy it yourself
Take it for three months
then you can eat whatever you like
My wife and I studied Chinese medicine together
We're both qualified doctors now
But we couldn't heal ourselves
You couldn't heal her, so you strangled her?
Hai'er told me to talk to her every day
If she knows that I'm beside her
Her soul will stay in her body
And when her body has healed itself, she'll revive
When you're healed, I'll take your pulse every day
I won't let you leave me again
If only I'd been more thorough
I'd have known that you were sick
I could have treated you earlier
We could have avoided these 3 years of pain and misery
We wouldn't have needed to abort our child
This painful time is almost over
When I'm well...
...we can have another child
You need to pee?
I tried to find your son
but no-one's seen him anywhere
You really haven't taken him?
Why didn't you take better care of him to begin with?
I'm sorry
You must have problems yourself
or you wouldn't have moved in here
Where's your wife?
You're a good man...
Why don't you just let me go?
I won't give you any trouble
I just want to find my boy
Never mind
If you won't let me go, will you at least buy me some beer?
I'll give antyhing for a beer now
Okay?
You're from China?
Yes, Changsha
You came all this way and have to face all this
Any regrets?
My wife will revive tomorrow
We'll move home and start afresh
I've already bought our train tickets
Will she really revive tomorrow?
Definitely
How long does she have to sleep?
- Unitil tomorrow, I told you! - No, I mean...
How long has she been asleep?
Three years
And you've talked to her everyday for 3 years?
Has she ever answered you?
Not only does she answer me, she reacts very strongly
Once I annoyed her and she sulked for a whole week
She wouldn't let me open her eyes, kept shedding hair...
You're a liar!
A liar?
You said you hadn't seen my son?
That's right! I hadn't seen him
I asked your wife about it while you're out buying the beer
She told me she saw you kidnapped my boy!
You're mad! You're lying!
My wife can't talk, how could she tell you antyhing?
Exactly!
Your wife is dead, how could she talk?
How can she revive?
Stop lying to yourself!
Hai'er, this is the last bath I'll give you
When you revive tomorrow, you'll have to bathe yourself
You won't need me to help you anymore, will you?
I'll get you a pretty dress to wear
What color would you like?
Tell me, what color would you like?
Can you hear me?
You must revive...please...
Hai'er!
Who are you?
What do you want?
Have you seen your neighbor Chan Kwok-Wai?
He said he was going to gamble in Macau
I see... thanks for your help
Hai'er, hurry now, you have to revive
You promised me you'd revive today!
Hai'er, can you hear me?
Didn't you say you'd revive today?
Hai'er, you remember that 2nd day at university?
Miss Zhang called your name
and you stood up and shouted...
Here!
All classmates burst out laughing!
Hai'er, I can feel your body getting warm!
I can let you go now!
My wife's body is getting warm!
You can go look for your son now!
Thank you! Thank you!
My colleagues know I never gamble
Arrest him!
I'm not crazy!
Tell them! Tell them I'm not a bad man!
Let me go... tell them...
The woman has been dead for at least two years
So it's very strange that her skin, and even her tongue...
...haven't lost their elasticity
And her hair and nails are still growing...
They came to me 3 years ago for a pregnancy check-up
That was when we found that the woman had liver cancer
I advised them to abort the baby
but the husband was strongly against it
He said they shouldn't trust western medicine
Actually, I treated the man 6 years ago...
...also for liver cancer
He had chemo-therapy once and went missing afterwards
When I saw him again that day...
...he said that Chinese medicine had cured him
They say a weak woman is luckier than...
... a strong, independent woman
And I was very lucky indeed...
...because I had you to rely on
In the three years I had without you,
I had to face the world alone
Everyone thought I was mad
Slowly, I had to learn to become strong and independent
But I am not lucky anymore
Now we'll be apart for another three years
If I could choose
I'd prefer that I lived and you died
For the dead one, it's just like being in a long sleep
For the living one, it's a daily nightmare
Maybe heaven is testing our commitment to each other
That's why we have the same sickness...
and the same pain
I'll go to sleep soon
Please let my soul remain in my body
I promise, I'll be just as you are...
Resurrected