A-Side, B-Side, Sea Side

Sometimes I really enjoy a film which doesn't tackle huge issues, but rather is a look into the relationship between a few people, how they relate. I dislike the term "slice of life" because it makes me think of apple pie, and then I get off track, and start looking for a diner. Mmm, apple pie. There, see how easy it is to get sidetracked? So, what could be the new term for "slice of pie", er, life? How about "personal look into the daily lives of individuals...?" Doesn't roll off the tongue very easily. Oh well.

"A Side, B-Side, Sea Side" is a film which shows us how two young-adult girls each have different experiences in a small seaside village. I particularly liked the dynamic between one of the girls who has been in the big city for a time, and a couple of her friends who have stayed behind in the little village. They start to realize their friendship has faded, that their different experiences have created a distance, and they find it difficult to realize they don't relate like they once did.

The film works for me because despite being about girls in a little village on the other side of the world, I felt the relationships were universally true, and that a boy in a big city thousands of miles away could recognize some of the same feelings about his own friends. By first time Hong-Kong Director Wing-Chiu Chan.