Claustrophobia
친밀

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Product Information
Also Known As:親密
Director:Ivy Ho(a)
Country of Origin:Hong Kong
Genre:Romance
Language:Mandarin, Cantonese
Subtitles:English, Chinese
Sound:Dolby Digital 2.0
Release Date:Apr 28, 2010
Product Made In:Malaysia
Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
Case:Keep Case



Product Details
Region Code: All, NTSC
Single Side Dual Layer
Audio: Mandarin, Cantonese
Model: HKIN101

Rating for English subtitles: Good
About Claustrophobia
Love is a virus. It incubates silently. It strikes suddenly. It blinds your immunity. It spreads by way of intimate contacts. Its favorite breeding ground – small, crowded, claustrophobic spaces such as an office. Pearl, a marketing executive in her twenties, finds herself being drawn closer and closer to Tom, her married-with-kid boss. She has been working for him for quite some time. Their five-member team works in a compact, crowded office where they spend 8 to 10 hours every day, 5 to 6 days a week. Most days, Pearl bums a ride home after work in Tom’s car, along with Karl, a middle-aged nuisance; John, a serious-looking nerd; and Jewel, a self-serving flirt. Tom, always a good boss, is as kind and tolerant as he could manage.

But what lies beneath Tom’s gentle façade no one knows for sure. “Is this love?” Pearl ponders. If so, is the feeling mutual? How and when did a normal working relationship gradually evolve into something romantic? What should she do now? The anxiety is becoming unbearable. The bubble bursts abruptly as Tom, who has come to realize that they are going down the wrong path, asks Pearl to interview for another job. The deeply wounded Pearl retaliates by insisting that Tom sack her. So that is how it ends, a showdown. Told in eight scenes retrospectively, the film examines the mysterious blossoming and dying of an elusive affair. The saddest thing about this is: it is such a commonplace happening. In the tiny universe known as office, two powerful forces are at play – politics and romance.