initial (i.e. initial consonant of a syllable in Asian phonetics)
Directed by Gong Qiurong
Film Information
Country/Region:
China-Taiwan
Film Introduction
It tells the story of 50-year-old Shufeng, who is struck by a strange disease that prevents her from making a sound. She can't find a cure for it, and at the same time, she has to take care of her paralyzed mother-in-law who is too old for her. Depressed and with no one to complain to, she decides to close down the fish stall she has been selling for her whole life, and then meets a man who sells fresh milk, Ah Bin.
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