The Tamed and the Tempted

Inside a restaurant, men and women mingle, testing each other’s wit. There may be happy talk during the meal, but ominous undercurrents linger. When a man believes he has a winning hand, a woman smiles and flips the chessboard. Love stories do not apply here; being coy is a trap; behind a smile is a snare. As glasses clink amidst rounds of toasts, scenarios turn at every whim. Who wins at the end in this game of “taming”?
 
At nightfall, a narrator holds up his feather fan to tell timeless tales. Perhaps he’s singing naamyam, but history seems misplaced, and old Shek Tong Tsui transforms into a time tunnel. As dawn breaks after this absurd party, who’s the real tamer and who’s the tamed? After The Diary of Song and Moscow Express, Artistic Director Poon Wai Sum and Lee Chun Chow reunite, distilling the secrets of human character in a world steeped in magical realism.