When his dangerous older brother is released from prison, high school fencer Jie helps him, defying their mother's attempts to bury his existence.
Acting
Liu Hsiu-fu's trembling restraint will break your heart.
Direction
Low turns every fencing match into psychological warfare.
Cinematography
Close-ups so intimate they feel like trespassing.
Director
Nelicia Low
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Nelicia Low trained in wushu for years and insisted actors learn actual escrima — every parry and breath is choreographed authenticity.
The film premiered at Chéries-Chéris, Paris's oldest LGBTQ+ festival, where Taiwanese cinema has increasingly found space for stories too thorny for mainstream Asian markets.
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