A mother with dementia hunts for her missing son—before she forgets why she's searching.
Joanna's son has been missing for years. Before forgetting him due to dementia, she decides to embark on a final journey to find her son. Taxi driver Peng, who immigrated to Taiwan from Hong Kong in his early years, still cares about his hometown. In the process of assisting Joanna, Peng also got redemption from the melancholy of leaving home.
Acting
Lu Yi-ching's fragile, determined final performance
Direction
Chan Kam-hei packs a feature's worth of longing into 27 minutes
Cinematography
Taiwan's nocturnal streets as liminal purgatory
Director
Chan Kam-hei
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lu Yi-ching is a Tsai Ming-liang regular—her weathered face carries decades of Taiwanese art-house history.
The Hong Kong-Taiwan immigrant dynamic reflects real post-1997 anxieties, with Peng's nostalgia for a hometown that no longer exists.
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