Drifting

Drifting

2019 · 16 min · ★ 4.5 · Drama

Yan is an illegal second child born during the One-Child policy. To avoid government punishment, Yan's parents hid their oldest daughter in the countryside and raised Yan as a girl. Now a young adult, Yan struggles with his gender identity and being treated as an outcast in a conservative society. His sole escape is drifting his father's old taxi through abandoned parking lots.

Directed by Hanxiong Bo · Written by Hanxiong Bo

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