Saudade

36-year-old Seiji is member of a small gang of construction workers, whose days are spent digging in holes, up to his ankles in dirty water. Frustrated in his marriage to a former bar hostess, who keeps reminding him of his mother-in-law's wish for a grandchild and who has a knack for getting herself embroiled in the shady schemes of gangsters and crooked politicians, Seiji spends a great deal of his free time, and much of his wages, with his half-Thai, half-Japanese mistress Miao, who works as... a bar hostess. (San Sebastian International Film Festival)