Three Charmed Lives

Chang Chen's Inchworm pictures an unemployed character seeking emotional comfort in video games and memories of a lost family life. In Jung Woo-sung's The Killer Behind, The Old Man, a hit man hiding out in a gym struggles to fight off an offer: a son wanting to knock off his own father. Francis Ng's The Tangerine tells the story of a fugitive's chance meeting with the kindness of a stranger. There's desperation, but there's also a silver lining.