Set in 1990 during the economic boom in Taiwan the film follows a young boy living with his widowed father. They have plans to open up hair salon as soon as they save up enough money. The boy becomes friends with a crafty old man, their landlord, who is a master at manipulation.
Solid drama that in some ways echoes films like A BRONX TALE, minus the gunfire, about a young man finding a surrogate father in an unexpected place. It's a film that manages to overcome the occasional expected beat by showing us things we never quite expected.
That the film is so compelling is thanks to the cast who lift up their characters and make them into something more than run of the mill.
While the film isn't going to rattle the pillars of heaven, the film does entertain from start to finish which is always enough to recommend it
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