Wayward Really Is Worth All The Hype
It’s been five months since Wayward premiered on Netflix and it still has some of us in a choke-hold.

Lam Tung is an old man living a solitary life in his Hong Kong apartment. Since his children have grown up and moved away, he decides to let a room to an ambitious, young film student Cheng Yang. Both years apart in age and ideals, Piled Cloud provides a fresh look at the generation gap between two very different individuals.
It’s been five months since Wayward premiered on Netflix and it still has some of us in a choke-hold.
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