"See Lai"— that's Cantonese slang for the sorts of sloppily-dressed and no longer youthful housewives we see in supermarkets and beauty salons everyday. Those newly middle-aged "aunties", barely noticed by her husbands, whose kids treat them merely as nannies and housemaids, and who seem to be suffer from a loss of youthfulness, beauty, and passion with every passing day. Exactly when and why do these typical Hong Kong housewives, living in anonymous public housing estates, stop feeling as if they are beautiful? When do they stop wearing make-up or caring about the clothes they wear? When do they start specializing only in shopping in groceries, just worried about the price of eggs and apples at the vegetable market? Could the ancient and exotic art of belly dancing be their saviour? Or will it bring about their downfall, as their husbands and their entire communities revolt against this "indecent" dance?

Screenplay Erica Lee
Photography (colour) Lee Kung Lok
Editing Billy Cheung, Daniel Yu
Music Paul Wong
Sound Tu Du-Chih
Cast Andy Lau, Kristal Tin, Lam Ka Tung, Kent Tong, Sydney, Amy Chum
Production Focus Films Ltd., October Pictures Ltd.
Year of production 2006
Running time 100’
Format HD DV

Lee Kung Lok

Lee Kung Lok worked as an assistant director in television stations and in the Hong Kong film industry in the first eight years of his career, before forming the independent production company Red Flag Productions with director Wong Ching Po. In 2003, he co-directed the acclaimed indie film Fu Bo and garnered industry recognition. The film was screened at many international festivals such as Pusan, Hong Kong, Vancouver, Munich, Rome, Taipei. My Mother is a Belly Dancer is part of the FOCUS: First Cuts, project with feature films by new and upcoming directors from China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan.