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By Tien-Yu FU

EMPHASIS VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED - as DISTR Airline, World

Drama - Completed 2023

Although faced with troubles in her own life, hairdresser A-Rui is fully committed to her work. Asked to cut the hair of a now bedridden, elderly client, she closes her shop for the day and embarks on a journey to do something others think not worthwhile.

Festivals
& Awards

Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023
Competition; wins Audience Award and Best Actor (Lu Hsiao-fen)
Asian Pop-up Cinema 2023
Udine Far East Film Festival 2023
Competition; wins Best Screenplay
Singapore Chinese Film Festival 2023
Chinese Panorama
Malaysia International Film Festival 2023
Taiwan Film Festival in Australia 2023
Audience Choice Award: Best Feature Film
Taipei Film Awards 2023
Best Actress (Lu Hsiao-fen), Best Supporting Actor (Fu Meng-po)
Aichi International Women's Film Festival 2023
Closing Film
    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • Drama, Family
    • Countries
    • TAIWAN
    • Languages
    • MANDARIN
    • Duration
    • 106 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Tien-Yu FU
    • Synopsis
    • For forty years A-Rui (Lu) has been running a barbershop, a place where she has seen happiness and sorrow ebb and flow. Although faced with troubles in her own life, A-Rui is fully committed to her work, yet that’s never appreciated by her children who treat her profession with disdain. Receiving a phone call from an elderly client’s family member, A-Rui’s asked if she would be willing to cut the hair of a now bedridden, elderly client. And so she closes her shop for the day and embarks on a long journey to do something others think not worthwhile.