Borrowed Time

2023 / 93’ / China / In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles / Color

𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊 2023 Busan International Film Festival

𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊 2023 Pingyao International Film Festival

Ting is on the brink of marriage, but still wounded by her father's departure 20 years earlier. Setting out in search of him and for a sense of resolution, she travels from Guangzhou to Hong Kong, moving through late-night fruit markets and piers soaked in blue light, as an impending summer typhoon grows near. Meeting a childhood friend and reconnecting over a bootleg CD, Ting delves into her family's secrets and the emotional turmoil still sharply rooted in her life.



Director: Cai Jie

Cast: Lin Dong Ping Lin, Pan Jie, Sunny Sun

About the Director

Cai Jie is a young Chinese director, born in 1988 in Chaozhou, Guangdong Province, with a PhD from the Film and Television Department of the Central Academy of Drama. Borrowed Time is his debut feature film.


About us

The Cinematheque・Passion is located at Travessa da Paixão which is a narrow and romantic bystreet branching off the famous World Heritage Site "Ruins of St. Paul's Cathedral" (the "St. Paul's Cathedral Site") in the Historic Centre of Macau. A three-storey building equipped with ticket office, screening room, control room, film information room and exhibition space.
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Ticket Office Tuesday to Sunday: 10:00 am to 11:30 pm
Film Information Room Tuesday to Sunday: 10:00 am to 8:00 pm
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(Closes on Mondays, opens during public holidays.)

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Phone (+853) 2852 2585
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