Left-Handed Girl follows I-Jing, a young girl who trails her mother's efforts to open a noodle stand amid Taipei's busy night market. The film adopts a shaky, hand-held camera style to produce an intimate, observational viewpoint on everyday street life. The night market functions as a central character, filled with gadget sellers, noodle hawkers, small-time carnies, and tightly packed vendors. Alleyways and stall-lined shortcuts frame after-hours play and urban navigation for the protagonist. Shih-Ching Tsou directed and co-wrote the film, foregrounding Taipei's teched-out carnival energy and the grit of tourist-driven streets. The film streams on Netflix beginning November 28.
"Take Out co-director and The Florida Project producer Shih-Ching Tsou is no stranger to braiding together the magic and the misery of living in the world's most popular tourist destinations. For her latest film, Left-Handed Girl, Tsou takes up the mantle of director and co-writer and turns her keen eye to the streets of Taipei. Similarly to Tokyo, the Taiwanese capital has long been portrayed as teched-out carnival-roads pump out steady streams of buzzing mopeds,"
"Described by Tsou as a film, "25 years in the making," Left-Handed Girl takes a shaky, hand-held camera view to the life of I-Jing, a young girl following her mother's pursuit to open a noodle stand in a bustling night market. Here, Tsou discusses how and where scenes were filmed on location across Taipei. The film is available to stream on Netflix starting November 28."
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