Huang Jing-ying

Wu Ziyan lives in Zhonglin Village, a place engulfed by industrial zones, together with her mother who suffers from mental illness. When the village faces relocation, Ziyan sees a glimmer of hope for a new life, but she is also torn by inner conflict. A brief trip with her boyfriend becomes a turning point—she leaves her mother alone at home… but where will everything lead?

Smokestacks rise like organ pipes over a coastal city, lined with oil refineries. Accidents at the plants occur with troubling regularity, and environmental disaster has become part of daily life. Residents protest the refinery’s planned expansion, even as they must coexist with the very neighbors who work there.