A single mother and her two daughters return to Taipei after several years of living in the countryside to open a stand at a buzzing night market. Each in their own way, will have to adapt to this new environment to make ends meet and succeed in maintaining the family unity. Three generations of family secrets begin to unravel after the youngest daughter who’s left-handed is told by her traditional grandfather to never use her “devil hand”.
Screened in the Critics’ Week at Cannes and at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Left-Handed Girl
2025
105 min.
Fiction
Taiwan, France, USA, United Kingdom
Taiwan, France, USA, United Kingdom, international film festivals, female directors, female-centric, family
Colorido
Shih-Ching Tsou
Shih-Ching Tsou, Sean Baker
Ko-Chin Chen, Tzu-Hao Kao
Sean Baker
Janel Tsai, Shih-Yuan Ma, Nina Ye, Brando Huang, Akio Chen, Xin-Yan Chao
Shih-Ching Tsou, Sean Baker, Mike Goodridge, Jean Labadie, Alice Labadie
Left-Handed Girl Film Production, LHG Films, Good Chaos, Le Pacte
Netflix
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