Day Off (2023)

Original title

本日公休

Directed by

Tien-Yu Fu

Genre

drama film, cinema of Taiwan

Country

Taiwan

Runtime

1h 45m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A long-time barber in Taiwan runs a small men's salon and refuses to retire despite her age. When an old client calls for a home visit, she decides to close shop for the day and drive to see him.

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What happens

，是一部台灣電影，改編自導演傅天余的母親的真實故事，於2023年3月3日在臺灣上映。 開了幾十年的男士家庭理髮店，親切的老闆娘阿蕊以細膩手藝及真心服務在地顧客。 長年的剪髮生涯裡看盡悲歡離合，而她心中始終惦記著師傅教誨：「這一行要服務客人到底」，即使年歲漸長、身子感覺吃力，堅持不願退休。 有天，阿蕊接到一通電話，早已搬離此地的老客人拜託她到府服務。子女們認為此趟並不划算，紛紛勸退母親。 只是人與人之間的情感又怎麼是金錢能夠衡量的呢？阿蕊決定掛起「本日公休」的牌子，駕著老爺車出發…… (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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