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As Yong-Ning’s drag persona Valerie begins to shine in Taiwan’s underground Ballroom scene, his budding romance with Wei-En falters. Shaken by a moment of rejection, the two must decide if love can survive the weight of identity.

Childhood is a dagger lodged in the throat. Spending childhood under the pressure of academic success, there was no happiness to be found. It wasn't until I grew up and started filming my family that I discovered my mother's body and mind had long aged and shattered. As my heart broke with each merciless verbal attack, who could return to my mother her lost youth? A mother and daughter, loving and clashing, after over twenty years together, finally willing to face the long-standing issues between them.

"Clutch up, back to gas pedal, release, and again, then straighten the steering wheel..." Wen-Xiong kept grumbling while his son, Yang, clumsily drove this manual car owned by his old man. Can the father and son mend their relationship just like how Yang Lee was trying to figure out the best clutch-control?