Ivy Yin

A family of four fractures under the weight of unmet expectations, unexpected tragedy, and uncompromising pride.

This is a story about a common man who has extraordinary events in his mundane life. The film depicts the protagonist's turns of events in three eras, three seasons, three nights, in the same city, as told with reverse chronology.

A bankrupt Taiwanese man loses everything including girlfriend. He still has a key to his luxury condo, where he grows and smokes marijuana. He spends time with a woman on suicide hotline and a lingerie clad woman selling cigarettes.

Three students vanish, one a speech-impaired girl who senses being watched. A corpse plummets during a school event, and she disappears. Her mother, working there to stay close, searches for her.

Fisherman Ah-Hai is found dead from self-immolation during a large-scale protest against TL Petrochemical. The incident instantly makes media headlines; Ah-Hai is hailed as a martyr. Medical examiner Chou is assigned to the case w...