
Chen Yu-hsun: Director’s Q&A
Director Chen Yu-hsun will join our Taiwan Post-New Wave Cinema Project audience to answer questions on his featured works and share his perspective
30 June, 2021 1:30 pm
FILMS /
A young woman runs away from her family business – a traditional outdoor banquet business known as Ban-doh – in favour of becoming a fashion model. A series of fateful events, however, have compelled her to reenter the culinary world.
More than twenty years ago, there were three Ban-doh (outdoor banquet) master chefs who dominated the catering business in Taiwan. They were known as Master Silly Mortal, Master Ghost Head and Master Fly Spirit. However, the outdoor banquet business has been in decline since Taiwan’s economic take-off, and even the master chefs feel helpless to turn the tide. Master Fly Spirit wants to pass the family recipes and culinary skills on to his only child, Wan, but she desperately wants to run away from the family business and to become a fashion model. Nevertheless, fate proves that Wan is destined to take up the challenge and mission she once shunned…
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