The Offliners

The Offliners — Plot

In Hong Kong, investing in finance, real estate and commerce are down-to-earth activities, but rich heiress Wong Chifei prefers getting her head in the clouds, cofounding a start-up technology company with her best friend Hui Chingwai. A network hacking incident allows Chifei to have a chance to know how capable IT genius Ding Shunhei is, so she invites him to join the company. Shunhei is a geek and oblivious to his surroundings, so he gets help from a nurse named Cheung Loi who helps him overcome communication barriers. Meanwhile, at work, Chifei has always believed in technology making the world a better place, but as friends and family members become engulfed in internet controversies, her beliefs begin to waver.

• Release date
• November 18, 2019
• Runtime
• 40 min
• TMDB score
• 6

The Offliners — Cast

Katy Kung Wong Chifei (Faye) Owen Cheung Ding Shunhei Jason Chan Chi-San Hui Chingwai Moon Lau Cheung Loi Jacqueline Wong Ding Shunyan (Tinker) Brian Tse Tung Man Wong Chilung (Oscar) Akina Hong Wah Cheung Choiyuet (Luna) Joseph Lee Kwok-Lun Wong Saukan