The University of Hong Kong

Artificial light may have been one of mankind's greatest inventions, but it has also driven us apart from our families because it enables us to work longer and later hours. This drama tells three interconnected stories of people affected by light in different ways – A man forced to step away from work to take care of his injured mother in an apartment constantly lit by florescent billboards, the owner of a lighting shop whose products have suddenly stopped working, and a child who roams the streets stealing light bulbs.

He is a strict self-disciplinarian, embracing the uniformity and routine of his Spartan lifestyle sustained on a diet of canned food, video games balanced off with the occasional push-ups. On the flip side of the coin, he is loser-defeatist resigned to failure and victimhood. Then a woman from his past comes back into his life and just when things start looking up, complications come pouring in the form of the intriguingly rude and brutish landlord. Will he succumb to cowardice and turn a blind eye to the casual flirtation and infidelity unfolding before him, or will he step out of his comfort zone and pluck up the courage to fight for his love?