The theme of Floating Life was previously touched on in Clara Law’s majestic sketch of life Autumn Moon: the exodus as a result of the return of Hong Kong to China in 1997. Floating Life is the chronicle of a family that is spread over three continents. Father and mother Chan leave Hong Kong with their two young sons Chau and Yue to visit their daughter Bing, who lives in an outer suburb of Sydney. Bing tries to turn her two teenage brothers into authentic Australian yuppies. Gar Ming, the eldest son in the family, has stayed on in Hong Kong and is waiting for his emigration papers. A young woman he made pregnant has an abortion and that is part of the reason for the aimlessness he experiences at that point in his life. In the meantime, the eldest sister Yen worries about her distant family. She lives in Munich, is married to a German and sees her daughter slowly lose her Chinese roots. When she decides to visit her family in Australia, she is greeted resentfully by Bing, who reproaches her for not taking enough interest in the care for their parents.With this film, in which she focuses on the light, colours and interiors of the different countries, Clara Law won the Silver Leopard at the last Locarno Film Festival.
