爱的男人

　　自由撰稿人河上辰男死在家中。警视厅搜查一课的刑警栋居弘一良在现场勘查后发现，被喷满了雾状血迹的书架上，有一本书滴血未沾，他便起了疑心。那本书是著名作家桧山丽子的畅销小说《湖上之恋》，而且里面还有作者的亲笔签名。
　　其他刑警怀疑上了案发后失踪的河上的同居人水野伸江，而栋居却着眼于血迹之谜。河上被杀的时候，《湖上之恋》不在书架上吗？如果真是如此，凶手有为何非得把书放回书架呢？

　　迷幻少女遇著過氣公安老頭，未必是貓捉老鼠累鬥累，也可以是從老前輩身上學會認識自己。阿 P 為追阿初欠她的債，偶然與阿初的外公相遇，兩個生活態度南轅北轍的人，就是這樣在荒謬的處境中相互學習。阿P在當中看見年青一代的無奈：十六歲的迷途青春、愛情的無助、軟性毒品的蠶食、面對父母失敗的婚姻、自己渾噩的前途....阿初無故失蹤，又是否因抵受不了同樣殘酷的青春？世情像玻璃，有時看得透，有時不，相同的只是：兩者同樣冰冷易碎。
　　The second feature from Hong Kong indie director Carol Lai is about the vulnerability of youth, made even more fragile by the vulnerable world of the adults. Grandpa Wu used to be a policeman in Mainland China and has now retired to a life of seclusion on an outlying island. One day, her daughter calls him up and reports that his granddaughter Ah Cho is again missing. The old man hits the road again, in search of the young girl. Then P, Ah Cho's best friend, emerges out of nowhere and heads Wu's search, leading the old man into a series of strange encounters in the uncharted world of frustrated youth.
　　Source: 25th HKIFF (2001)