Yen and Ai-Lee

Eight years ago, Yen killed her father, who had been abusing her mother. Now, after spending time behind bars, she returns home to find that her mother has not learned from the past. Alongside caring for her family and her own future, Yen must also take responsibility for a newly discovered brother. Reintegrating into society after serving her sentence proves far more difficult than she could have ever imagined. Through its slow, deliberate storytelling, naturalistic cinematography, and striking black-and-white aesthetic, this Taiwanese film unravels a story of family secrets, complicated mother-daughter relationships, and the cycle of violence that only begets more violence.