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17/09/2025 Drama 1h 49m
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Overview

A mother and her two daughters move to Taipei to open a noodle stand at a vibrant night market, but family secrets and tradition test their fresh start.

  1. Tsou Shih-ching

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Ma Shih-yuan

    I-ann

  2. Janel Tsai

    Shu-fen

  3. Nina Ye

    I-jing

  4. Brando Huang

    Johnny

  5. Akio Chen

    Cheng Wen-xong

  6. Chao Xin-yan

    Wu Xue-mei

  7. Hsia Teng-hung

    A-ming

  8. Alvin Lin

    Chen Pei-lan

  9. Blaire Chang

    Xiao-Hong

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Reviews

A review by Brent Marchant
Written by Brent Marchant on 2026-01-02
Fewer moviegoing experiences are more exasperating than comedies (or comedy-dramas) that try too hard but invariably fall flat. These insipid, allegedly zany offerings try viewer patience with their listless narratives, lack of substance and even greater absence of laughs. But, unfortunately, that’s precisely what dooms this second feature outing from writer-director-producer Shih-Ching Tsou. The film follows the lives of a single mother, Shu-Fen (Janel Tsai), and her two daughters, I-Ann (Shih-Yuan Ma) and I-Jing (Nina Ye), who relocate (from where it’s never made especially clear) to Tai...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
Chinese

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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