When the Petals Fall

一切的外相，都是心的显现，外面没有别人，全是自己。
终生得不到爱的恋童癖老人邓伯，以佛教抑制欲望。一天，突如其来的新闻使佛像摔破在地。长期被母亲独留在家的邻居小春前来寻求帮助，晚饭过后却提出要在邓伯家过夜。二人该如何度过这个晚上？

Tang, an elderly man who uses his Buddhist faith to suppress his pedophilia, accidentally breaks a Buddha statue one day when a sudden news emerges. His neighbor Chun, who is a child neglected by his mother, seeks help from Tang and dines at Tang’s home where he uncovers the deep secrets within Tang. Chun’s request to stay the night puts Tang in a moral dilemma. How will the two spend the night together?

导演：蔡家轩
编剧：蔡家轩
主演：张同祖、许恩祺
制片人：郑颖琳
摄影：冯沛聪
类型：剧情短片
时长：33分钟
完成时间：2025年
对白语言：粤语
地区：香港

Director: Tsoi Ka Hin
Screenwriter: Tsoi Ka Hin
Cast: Joe Cheung, Alvin Hui
Producer: Cheng Wing Lam
Cinematographer: Kidd Feng
Genre: Narrative Short Film
Length: 33 min
Year: 2025
Dialogue: Cantonese
Region: Hong Kong

浸会大学电影系毕业生，香港新晋创作人协会《新晋编剧计划》的新晋编剧之一，香港同志短片选片人。热爱思考，热衷于把生活中的细节化作写作及创作，故事经常围绕被边缘化的小众，风格偏向写实细腻。

Henry Tsoi is a film graduate from Hong Kong Baptist University, one of the ten newly emerging screenwriters from HKECCA ‘Movie Makers Screenwriters Scheme’, a short film programmer at Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. He is passionate about turning daily life into writing and stories. His stories surround the alienated minorities and tend to be written with a realistic style.

韩丽珠在《黑日》写道：「每一个生命在出生之前也无法选择自己能成为哪一个物种。命运有很大的部分无法改变，只能承受。」

人倾向排斥和恐惧与自己不同的异类，恋童癖便是其中之一。Lars Von Trier 的《性上瘾者》里亦提到，也许人们看见的都是犯罪的恋童癖，而更多不被看见的，是那些无法选择自己的命运，只能抑制自己欲望的人。人无法选择自己拥有哪些欲望和身份，但善与恶可以是一种选择。

《未果》的故事概念源于这种领悟，探讨这些边缘的异类对于欲望的抑制、孤独和爱的渴望。这个故事并不企图美化恋童癖，或是探讨恋童的社会议题，更多的是我们如何面对自己最羞耻和丑陋的欲望，如何在无法改变的命运之中选择善良。

Hon Lai Chu writes in Darkness Under The Sun: “Before birth, no life can choose which species it will become. A large part of fate cannot be changed, only endured.” People tend to reject and fear those who are different from themselves, and pedophilia is one such example. Lars von Trier’s Nymphomaniac also suggests that perhaps what people see are only the criminal pedophiles, while many unseen others are those who cannot choose their fate and must suppress their desires. People cannot choose their desires or identities, but good and evil can be a choice. The concept of When the Petals Fall stems from this realization, exploring the suppression of desires, loneliness, and the yearning for love among these marginalized outsiders. The story does not aim to glorify pedophilia or address its social issues; rather, it focuses on how we confront our most shameful and ugly desires, and how we choose kindness within an unchangeable fate.