Wong’s no-budget indie (dreamt up in a night, shot in a week) tells four distinct stories which intersect in the manner of Mystery Train. They range from character-based comedy (a young couple nervously venture into a ‘love hotel’ for the first time) to Grand Guignol melodrama (a Filipina maid seeks revenge on her two-timing lover – the actress being the director’s mother’s real-life maid). The best strand is the wicked parody of Tsai Ming-Liang’s Vive l’amour: a young guy finds a key to someone else’s apartment, starts using it as his own and falls in love with its temporarily absent owner – who turns out to be another boy. Often unashamedly flip and juvenile, the film has enough sparks of invention and wit to keep most people watching.

Lawrence Wong (1972) began his career in radio before turning to film. He is currently persuing the MBA program at Columbia University in New York. Cross-Harbour Tunnel is his début.