Xiao xiao is a young woman with ADHD (Attention deficit hyper activity disorder). She is struggling to deal with what life is throwing at her including the cruelty of her schoolmates, the absence of her father, and the fact that her mother is having an affair with her teacher.
This is a good look at how ADHD effects a young kid and the people around her. It's a film that doesn't sugar coat the situation or give us easy answers. It's a film that affects us.
As good as I know the film is, I'm not sure I like it. I know the the film has won awards, in particular for Audrey Lin as Xiao xiao, but there is something contrived about it. I can feel the hand of writer director Chia-Hua Chin moving things so that there would be some drama. I never fully connected.
Is the film worth seeing? If you are interested give it a shot.
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