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A receptionist at a suicide hotel in Taipei forms a fleeting friendship over the course of one night with a guest who can’t decide if she wants to live or die.
An angler who lives an ordinary life for a long time until he meets a mysterious woman while he is fishing along the coast and the boundary between reality and the surreal becomes blurred by his desire.
The documentary travels to interview the Yunnan– Myanmar border “Lost Army” and their descendants, using oral history to meticulously document how, after the Chinese Civil War, a group of Nationalist government troops who had been stranded along the Yunnan–Myanmar frontier fought desperately for survival. Through extensive oral interviews and archival research, the documentary gradually explores the experiences of these righteous compatriots, addressing issues such as social adaptation after arriving in Taiwan, ethnic differences, and questions of identity.
This film is an adaptation of a short story of the same name, written by Kao Yi-feng. It tells the story of a green scarab beetle who has transformed into human form. As in the book, he is named "Vitamin." Vitamin surreptitiously enters people's apartments and observes and imitates human behavior. Through Vitamin's perspective as a bystander, the plot leads the audience to explore the unknown stories of various residents. However, Vitamin cannot understand the complex thoughts and desires of humans, and his short encounter with one person is fraught with doubt, conflict, and despair.
