In 2006, Detective Chang leads a police investigation into a murder committed in a public marketplace. Chang discovers the victim's father has ties to several other families with dead or missing members, and a grim espionage case buried for 50 years in Taiwan's past. Meanwhile, the kidnapped Mr. Hsu is interrogated by a mysterious mastermind. As the truth emerges, the embers of history become a deadly wildfire.

Taiwanese filmmaker Chung Mong-hong is on a prolific streak. After having his previous feature A Sun submitted by Taiwan to the Oscars last year, and his latest film, The Falls, set to premiere in Venice’s Orizzonti section this week, the 56-year-old auteur is already at work on his next project — a revenge saga set in the 1950s in politically tumultuous Taipei.

任职于美国迈阿密儿童医院的温医生来自台湾竹东。2003年一位十二岁的秘鲁男孩Sebastian越过赤道来到他的诊疗室。这个罹患神经内皮层瘤的小生命与温医生多才多艺的儿子Felix有许多相似之处，他们都喜欢画画、种树，并着迷于蛇类。然而，七年前，同样的年龄，Felix在1996年美国国庆节午后，祖父母首度访美团聚之际，离奇地在衣橱里结束自己的生命，房门上留下一张令人费解的公告。
温医生在治疗Sebastian期间，打开了两百多个尘封已久的纸箱，关于儿子的回忆一一涌上。一位经历丧子之痛的父亲，慢慢在镜头前温习儿子生前的一切；他读着儿子爱读的书、检视儿子生前的画作，在沉默与面对之间，温医生持续倾听自己想念的声音，也渐渐发现儿子的自杀意图似乎已早有预兆…

Chuan, a quiet 30-year-old man working as a chef in a Japanese restaurant, collapses suddenly and is rushed to a hospital. His colleagues send him to his father, who resides in the mountains. While there, Chuan becomes immobile: he won’t speak, eat or even go to the toilet on his own. One day his father returns from work only to find Chuan sitting in the corner with his daughter lying dead in a pool of blood. In an unfamiliar, eerily calm voice, Chuan says, “I saw this body was empty, so I moved in.

男童朱云翔（毕晓海 饰）的父亲过世，生活无人照顾，来自大陆的老校工张先生（金世杰 饰）外冷内热，在朱云翔生母吴春兰（郝蕾 饰）到来前照顾了小翔一段时间。吴春兰十几年前由大陆赴台，短暂的迷梦破灭后又经历了牢狱之灾，如今栖身于风尘场所。靠摆摊维持生活的继父（戴立忍 饰）被恨意所填充，对小翔的到来颇多怨气。幸好小翔结识了当地的小混混手枪仔（纳豆 饰），手枪仔用偷来的轻骑带小翔兜风，配合手枪仔盗窃和强抢小学生之类虽然很不正当，可也给小翔枯燥的生活增添了几许刺激。如非必要，小翔很少画画，可也给父亲和手枪仔分别画了一幅，第三幅画，是关于小翔梦中的哥哥，而失踪三年的哥哥实际为继父所害。小翔的第四张画，会画下什么内容？

2016 Taiwanese black comedy film by Chung Mong-hong

After having to quarantine together during COVID-19, a mother and daughter are forced to confront their personal obstacles and relationship tensions.

On Mother's Day in Taipei, Chen Mo makes a date for dinner with his wife, hoping to bring their estranged relationship back together. While buying a cake on his way home, a car unexpectedly double parks next to his car, preventing his exit.

　　平凡的一家人阿文（陈以文 饰）和琴姐（柯淑勤 饰）育有两个儿子，叛逆的小儿子阿和（巫建和 饰）与好友菜头（刘冠廷 饰）砍伤人进了少年辅育院，但阿和的女友小玉（吴岱凌 饰）却带着身孕来家里…琴姐不顾阿文反对，将小玉留下来照顾。此时，被砍伤者家属也来找阿文求取巨额赔偿，阿文受不了总是带来麻烦的小儿子，将所有希望都寄托在资优生大儿子阿豪（许光汉 饰）身上，却不知道温暖善良的阿豪心中也藏着不为人知的秘密…