12 Days

The 1st day when Jeannie and Simon decided to get married, they couldn’t find a place to get intimate. That’s Hong Kong for you – getting married so that a couple can have a place to be intimate. The traditional marriage ceremony is considered old-fashioned and cringe-worthy in the 21st century, but it’s only supposed to happen once in your life, so people savour it anyway. And so, the marriage begins out of love, but this is the beginning of many challenges to come. One day, Jeannie realized that the person closest to her had become a stranger. She feels that her ideologies no longer align with those of Simon and starts to feel ashamed of herself. She feels that her whole life revolves around Simon, and without him, she lacks purpose. And so, she decided to leave him, but she didn’t realize that this parting would be more painful than death. In the end, she signs the divorce papers nonetheless. Three years later, Simon comes back to her; he’s run into a dead end, with his business collapsing. He needs her, but does she still love him? They end up back together, and one day, Simon is on the phone in the living room, and Jeannie is in the kitchen preparing lunch. Jeannie looks at Simon, and her heart shivers at the thought of the marriage coming full circle. It is all new, but it seems all too familiar…