馬來西亞一處廉租屋長年沒水沒電,但對被社會遺忘的阿強而言,這裏是自己唯一可以喘息的家,他與母親妹妹三人相依為命,母親長期抑鬱,釀成心病,只有妹妹的笑容給灰暗生活帶來一絲光亮。妹妹生日,一家人難得快樂慶祝,兄妹牽著手出外買蛋糕,誰料意外降臨,貧苦一家再次跌入絕望深淵⋯⋯電影於平凡真實中暗含深不見底的悲傷,將當下馬來西亞貧窮亂象緩緩道來。官僚體制、階級歧視之下,窮人被壓榨被欺侮,更被遺棄被懷疑,血緣和身分無從證明,卻更襯出親情與愛的不可磨滅。無路可走,無從反抗,深淵裏的人要如何逃出?

Malaysia’s Tan Seng-kiat takes a hard-hitting look at the lives of the have-nots in his home country with this gritty neorealist drama. Qiang lives in a low-income apartment block with his family. At just 19 years old, Qiang already has to bear the burden of caring for both his mentally ill mother and his six-year-old sister, Hui-shan, while trying to make ends meet. After a motorcycle joyride with Hui-shan ends in an accident, Qiang must take on the powers that be to retrieve his missing sister. Unflinching in its portrait of corruption and class divide in Malaysia, this heart-shattering film swept the Asian New Talent competition of this year’s Shanghai International Film Festival with three awards, including Best Picture.