Don't care if this was LIFF London Inter. Film Festival movie was not, a simple extremely simple movie just makes the director look lazy.
Little Red Sweet (Chinese: 紅豆) - movie about a 30 yr old dessert joint in HK having to move from one generation to another. Daughter and son both has to deal with HK gov't taking over a business to rebuilt.
Formula is linear, acting is ok, cooking the dessert was showcasing how unique and important it is... a minor love interest... so many directions yet it could be tied together much better if they put some effort.
If your script is simple, sure the director can always have the right to ask / change and provide guidance but if a movie is stuck in the 1980 formula without much superb acting (despite decent cast); it'll long be forgotten.