Blossom Under Somewhere

High school girl Ching (Marf Yau) struggles with low self-esteem due to a stutter. Outwardly, she’s a model student, but online, she leads a double life—secretly selling second-hand underwear with her friend Rachel. As she grows emotionally attached to the attention from customers and begins to idealize her connection with one of them, the morally ambiguous business starts to blur her sense of self and strains her friendship.
This bold directorial debut from screenwriter-turned-director Yip Yuk-ying, produced by Fruit Chan, earned Marf a Best New Performer nomination at the 43rd Hong Kong Film Awards. The film explores a young girl's coming-of-age on the fringes of societal norms through the lens of fetishism.