The Reason Why I'm Home (2019)

Original title

回家的理由

Directed by

Chang Ming-yu

Genre

documentary

Country

Taiwan

Runtime

1h 15m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A daughter returns to her broken family after her mother is imprisoned for killing her son under the influence of a cult. She tries to understand what happened and rebuild a sense of home.

poignantcontemplativesadreflectiveintimateslow-pacedtenderheavyfamily-focused

What happens

《回家的理由》（英語：The reason why I’m home），為台灣導演張明右執導的紀錄片作品。以日月明功虐死案為背景。母親因誤信邪教，致虐殺兒子而身陷囹圄，離家已久的女兒重回這破碎的家，思考親情和生命的意義，並希望重新建立這個「家」。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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