Keeping Watch

In her parents’ absent, Ching, watches overthe family’s clock shop by the railway station.The only sound piercing the thick silence in theempty shop is the monotonous ticking of theclocks. In her solitude, Ching starts to worryabout her soul floating away. Instead, it will soonbe anchored by love.One morning, Han shows up with a brokenwatch, claiming he and Ching were high schoolclassmates. Ching doesn’t remember him, butthe shy and quiet young man does not give up. Hedeliberately keeps breaking his watch to meether and soon becomes a part of Ching’s life.Then, one day he doesn’t show up. When Chingtries to call him, she reaches his parents andfinds out that Han has been dead for years. Sowho is the man Ching has fallen in love with?Writer and director Fen Fen Cheng skillfully registers every change in the beautifulsurroundings with her camera and capturesthe unspoken longings of the two young souls.“Keeping Watch” is a subtle yet eloquent storyabout the mind-altering powers of love andguilt.

Face2Face:
Monday 19 November
SAGA 18.00
WITH: Fen Fen Cheng (director)
MODERATOR: Daniel Roos (journalist)