“A conversation that can only begin when you are ready.”

Through seemingly ordinary daily conversations, documentary director Hui-Chen Huang carefully recounts memories of growing up with a mother whose work as a Taoist priest involved aiding spirits in passing on from the mortal world, a physically abusive father, and the insecurities born from an absence of maternal love in an attempt to understand her estranged mother. Regarding the open secret of her mother’s homosexuality, a daughter also reveals the shameful secret she had kept hidden in her heart. Across this dining table, a symbol of the traditional values of womanhood, a woman who has cut ties with her family must face her own daughter. The camera, both a weapon and a mirror, creates the opportunity for mother and daughter to face the unspoken past, and mend their relationship to start anew.