Your childhood home has secrets, and they just rang the doorbell.
Han Yu-jie has been estranged from his father for a long time, but an incident in which a burglar breaks into their home at night forces him to temporarily return. As tensions between the family start to ease, Han Yu-jie notices a comic artist living next door lurking around their house. The artist, in a panic, confesses to having observed strange occurrences around the house after the burglary. Han Yu-jie, along with his ex-girlfriend and the comic artist, begins to investigate these peculiar events, only to realize that his seemingly familiar life is unraveling into something beyond his imagination. The concept of "home" can be an obsession. To maintain the image of a perfect family in one’s heart, some may even cling to lies. As Yu-jie inches closer to a reality he can never return to, what choices will he make?
Direction
Tsai weaponizes cozy spaces into uncanny traps
Writing
The comic artist device cleverly mirrors unreliable narration
Director
Chia-Ying Tsai
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during COVID lockdown, the empty streets weren't production design—they were real.
The 85-minute runtime mirrors Yu-jie's trapped loop; you're meant to feel time collapse.
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