Chang Meng-hao

In the 1990s, many young women from Southeast Asia, carrying their hopes and dreams, were married off to this faraway island of riches... Through a two-part narrative, the film contrasts the past and the present of Taiwanese society. Can these immigrant women across different eras break free from their predicaments in this foreign land to rediscover themselves? Can they as well as the locals, live truly free lives?

When Red’s boyfriend breaks up with her on her 30th birthday and throws himself at her new boss, she quits her job and signs up for a new Instagram account to start ranting about her shameless ex. Her life takes a dramatic turn when her posts go viral.

Professor Shiro Sakaki, a butterfly researcher, confesses to turning six young boys, including his own son Itaru, into "human specimens."