Festival Note
High school fencer Jie (Hsiu-fu Liu) is set on reconnecting with his older brother Han (Tsao Yu-ning), who has just been released from a stint in juvenile prison. Their mother (Ding Ning) wants the family to have nothing more to do with Han, but Jie goes behind her back to try and help his wayward brother, and discovers that there is something truly dangerous in him. Pierce uses the intensity of fencing as a means of conveying complex family trauma, the chaotic clash of steel mirroring the inner turmoil of outwardly placid family dynamics.
Nais ng high school fencer na si Jie (Hsiu-fu Liu) na makipag-ugnayan muli sa kanyang nakatatandang kapatid na si Han (Tsao Yu-ning), na kalalabas lang mula sa juvenile prison. Gusto ng kanilang ina (Ding Ning) na kalimutan na lang si Han, ngunit pinuatahan ni Jie ang kanyang suwail na kapatid para tulungan, at matutuklasan niya ang karahasan ng kanyang pagkatao . Ginagamit ng Pierce ang sidhi ng fencing bilang paraan ng pagsasalamin sa kumplikadong trauma ng pamilya, ang sagupaan ng bakal na siyang metapora sa panloob na kaguluhan ng pamilyang nagpapanggap na tahimik.
