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‘Left-Handed Girl’ Review: Producer/Co-Writer Sean Baker’s First Post-Oscar Film Follows Taiwanese Family’s Secrets & Lies – Cannes Film Festival
A review of 'Left-Handed Girl' from director Shih-Ching Tsou, a longtime associate of Sean Baker, who produced, co-wrote and edited this Taiwanese melodrama.
Set in a bustling Taiwanese night market that also seems like a Melrose Place-style food court, the film is focused almost entirely on its female characters: mother Sho-Fen ( Janel Tsai), older teen daughter I-Ann ( Shih-Yuan Ma), and the youngest child I-Jing (an adorable Nina Ye). All that aside, the real center of it all is this family of three generations of females, their quest to make it in the city of Taipei after living in the countryside and the well-hidden secrets and lies permeating this clan where everyone seems to be hiding something — except maybe young I-Jing, who is most content to traverse the expansive night market or play with her newfound pet meerkat (animal lovers, beware the fate of this particular cast member). Title: Left-Handed Girl Festival: Cannes (Critics’ Week) Sales agent: Le Pacte Director: Shih-Ching Tsou Screenwriters: Shih-Ching-Tsou and Sean Baker Cast: Janel Tsai, Shih-Yuan Ma, Nina Ye, Brando Huang Running time: 1 hr 49 min
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