The girl on screen runs her manicured nails over a shiny red lai see packet while whispering in hushed Cantonese. Her extra-sensitive microphone picks up every pop, tap and crackle from the paper ...

We open with a close-up of a young woman’s face, shot from below. She gazes downward into the camera, her light brown hair hanging so low as to almost touch the lens. Her eyes are wide with what seems ...