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The Family

6.820222h 02mHDSUB5,158 views

Director: 王希捷
Cast: 鲍起静 · 寇世勋 · 柯佳嬿 · 陆弈静 · 李淳 · 于家安

Storyline

In the busy corners of Taipei lives Ye Lanxin (Pao Qijing), a woman on the verge of retirement. Outside the home, she is an accomplished professional running a children's art studio; at home, she is the standard good woman—a perfect wife, mother, daughter-in-law, and daughter. Spinning like a top, she tries to satisfy everyone's demands. Her recently retired husband Luo Dawei (Kou Shixun) is gradually taking over the household with his antique collection; her elderly mother Sun Qinfang (Yu Jia'an) lives alone in a nursing home, her memory fading, always asking to be taken home; her younger daughter Luo Jianing (Ke Jiayan) suddenly returns as both her marriage and career are in jeopardy, turning the home into a shelter for stored belongings; and her son Luo Jiayu abroad is hesitant about moving the family back to Taiwan, remaining absent despite being the family's pride. Each family member has their own needs, and Lanxin feels she is failing as a mother, daughter, and wife. She begins to fantasize about buying a new house to settle everyone. One day, she sets her sights on an expensive new home, and her best friend A-Xiang (Lu Yijing) and student Guanting (Li Chun) suggest a short-term high-interest investment that could solve everything. As she drifts from rationality under pressure, can she find a breathing space between dreams and reality?