LEFT-HANDED GIRL

Taiwan, France, UK, USA | 2025 | DCP | 108 min. | Mandarin with English subtitles
Director: Shih-Ching Tsou
Cast: Janel Tsai, Shih-Yuan Ma, Nina Ye

In the bustling night markets of Taipei, an expat family returns home to open a noodle stand. Busy trying to make ends meet, single mom Shu-fen leaves her adorable five year-old I-Jing in the halfhearted care of her moody teen daughter. But in the market’s kaleidoscopic jumble, they begin to lose track of one another, and get mixed up in their own scams, scares, and curses. Anora’s Oscar-winning filmmaker Sean Baker, who co-wrote, edited, and produced, has long counted on co-writer/director Shih-Ching Tsou as one of his key collaborators. Left-Handed Girl shines with their shared sensibility of madcap comedy and humanist love for underdogs in over their heads. (MK)