When she was 12, Li-Ann used to have requirements on what she wants in her future husband. At her friends' encouragement, she went to a fortune teller at a temple to ask about her future love life. What the fortune teller said would come to stay with her till her adult years.
It will be fast-forward to the much-older Li-Ann (Joan Chen as the older version), now an accomplished author but living with her step-daughter Dyllan (Tracy Tan). At the same time, her partner Jeremy is fighting for his life at the hospital. The film will be narrated from her perspective, of her recalling how since 24 years ago when she turned 24 on 29 February of how she is waiting for the man who is like the wind, just like what the fortune teller told her when she was a teenager. Li- Ann's (Wong Lilin as the younger version) birthday actually falls on a leap year, and she would come to tell her students in class of an obscure custom practised in Ireland where it is on 29 February where a man cannot refuse a proposal or a date from a woman if she asked so.
It will be fast-forward to the much-older Li-Ann (Joan Chen as the older version), now an accomplished author but living with her step-daughter Dyllan (Tracy Tan). At the same time, her partner Jeremy is fighting for his life at the hospital. The film will be narrated from her perspective, of her recalling how since 24 years ago when she turned 24 on 29 February of how she is waiting for the man who is like the wind, just like what the fortune teller told her when she was a teenager. Li- Ann's (Wong Lilin as the younger version) birthday actually falls on a leap year, and she would come to tell her students in class of an obscure custom practised in Ireland where it is on 29 February where a man cannot refuse a proposal or a date from a woman if she asked so.
In between intertwining between the past and present, the younger Li-Ann would be bugged by her mother and friends on her lack of love life. But things began to change when she was at the Windows Café. The wind blew in a different direction on that day, and she would come to notice a man who catches her attention. Her life and Jeremy's (Ananda Everingham as the younger version) will never be the same again.
As it has been clear from the start in the film, it is all being viewed from the viewpoint of Li-Ann. But it is the intertwining between the past and the present day which can a little confusing at times, unless it specify the number of leap years has passed when it becomes the time when Li-Ann strives to uphold the tradition in her life. Still, it does make one want to root for the younger version of her and not be swayed by her mother and her friends.
It is a love story as a whole, but it is being told differently from conventional love stories, in terms of honouring an obscure custom and finding relevance in the present day, even with modern realities. It is overall a beautiful love story, in terms of how it will play out towards the end.
It will be fast-forward to the much-older Li-Ann (Joan Chen as the older version), now an accomplished author but living with her step-daughter Dyllan (Tracy Tan). At the same time, her partner Jeremy is fighting for his life at the hospital. The film will be narrated from her perspective, of her recalling how since 24 years ago when she turned 24 on 29 February of how she is waiting for the man who is like the wind, just like what the fortune teller told her when she was a teenager. Li- Ann's (Wong Lilin as the younger version) birthday actually falls on a leap year, and she would come to tell her students in class of an obscure custom practised in Ireland where it is on 29 February where a man cannot refuse a proposal or a date from a woman if she asked so.
It will be fast-forward to the much-older Li-Ann (Joan Chen as the older version), now an accomplished author but living with her step-daughter Dyllan (Tracy Tan). At the same time, her partner Jeremy is fighting for his life at the hospital. The film will be narrated from her perspective, of her recalling how since 24 years ago when she turned 24 on 29 February of how she is waiting for the man who is like the wind, just like what the fortune teller told her when she was a teenager. Li- Ann's (Wong Lilin as the younger version) birthday actually falls on a leap year, and she would come to tell her students in class of an obscure custom practised in Ireland where it is on 29 February where a man cannot refuse a proposal or a date from a woman if she asked so.
In between intertwining between the past and present, the younger Li-Ann would be bugged by her mother and friends on her lack of love life. But things began to change when she was at the Windows Café. The wind blew in a different direction on that day, and she would come to notice a man who catches her attention. Her life and Jeremy's (Ananda Everingham as the younger version) will never be the same again.
As it has been clear from the start in the film, it is all being viewed from the viewpoint of Li-Ann. But it is the intertwining between the past and the present day which can a little confusing at times, unless it specify the number of leap years has passed when it becomes the time when Li-Ann strives to uphold the tradition in her life. Still, it does make one want to root for the younger version of her and not be swayed by her mother and her friends.
It is a love story as a whole, but it is being told differently from conventional love stories, in terms of honouring an obscure custom and finding relevance in the present day, even with modern realities. It is overall a beautiful love story, in terms of how it will play out towards the end.