Overview
- The film opened in French cinemas on 5 August 2026, giving audiences the first wide look at Shu Qi’s first feature as a director.
- Shu Qi spent about ten years writing and revising the project and said seeing the Venice screening made her fully grasp how autobiographical the material was.
- Set in 1980s Taipei, the drama follows an adolescent girl's escape from a violent, alcoholic household and uses her inner life and imagination as the main viewpoint.
- Critics praise Shu Qi’s restrained, lyrical mise-en-scène and the film’s emotional clarity while some reviewers note certain characters and narrative elements feel overly heavy.
- The film runs about two hours and four minutes, stars Bai Xiao-ying, Roy Chiu and Audrey Lin, and is distributed in France by Advitam.