父親大人

1961, post-war Taiwan. Ma Shuisheng, the eldest son of the Ma family, is forced to sell the family's ancestral land to purchase morphine for his ailing parents, providing them relief from pain. Eventually, Shuisheng faces a heart-wrenching decision between their last piece of farmland and his newborn child.

The last bus has already left the station. Frustrated, the young man reluctantly gets into a nearby illegal taxi with a grandma, a migrant worker, and a talkative driver, and they drive from Changhua City along Zhangshui Road all the way to Erlin. The wheels roll forward, and the scenery of the hometown is reflected on the windshield and constantly receding. Where does the fleeting light in the young man's eyes come from?