Zi-Han killed an opponent during a fencing competition but insists that it was an accident and he is innocent of murder. Wanting to believe him, Zi-Jie goes against his mother’s wishes, allowing Zi-han to train him for the upcoming national championships.
Drawing on her own experience as a professional fencer, Singaporean director Nelicia Low explores the unconscious desires and repressed cruelty that shape the brothers’ relationship.
Liu Hsiu-Fu gives an outstanding, complex performance as the stubborn gay teenager, matched by Tsao Yu-Ming as the disconcerting older sibling who might be a victim of circumstance – or a sociopathic killer.
