In 1989 Hong Kong, the Ling family’s dream of immigrating to Canada is abruptly shattered by a tragic gas leak, leaving them dead but far from done. Refusing to let a little thing like mortality stop them, these ghosts soon discover that the afterlife has its own bureaucracy—and crossing over requires cold, hard cash. As they haunt their former home, desperate to secure the funds for their spectral journey, they find themselves entangled in a darkly comic and eerie struggle between the living and the dead. Will they escape the limbo of their earthly ties, or are they doomed to wander forever in search of a ticket out? A cult classic blending horror and black humor, Fu gwai hoi sam gwai explores the lengths one family will go to for a new beginning—even beyond the grave.
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In 1989 Hong Kong, the Ling family's dream of immigrating to Canada is abruptly shattered by a tragic gas leak, leaving them dead but far from done. Refusing to let a little thing like mortality stop them, these ghosts soon discover that the afterlife has...
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