The Menarche

A social media influencer's inability to draw a line between personal and public, has unexpectedly shocking consequences.

On the day when Hui’s long-gone father suddenly reappears, she and her sister spend happy hours with him. However, when Father announces they will embark on a journey abroad, Hui knows she must reveal the truth about his mental illness.

At the end of WWII, the Nationalist party of Republic of China, also known as the Kuomintang (KMT), took control of Taiwan and imposed martial law for 38 years. This period is known as the White Terror, where anyone suspected go being a Communist agent was hunted down. Through a 7-year-old girl’s point of view, The Black Kite brings us back to the innocent, yet high-handed time of the 1960s Taiwan.

Jinquan, a devoted temple guardian and spiritual medium, awoke to find his cherished Buddha gone one day. As he searched, he encountered a mysterious young man, who was suspected of the theft yet strangely attuned to the Buddha's essence. Now, a haunting thought took root in Jinquan's mind: Did the Buddha betray him? Facing his deepest fears, he must grapple with faith,betrayal,and his vulnerability.