Living

Forty-one-year-old Gao experiences business failure overseas, and his girlfriend breaks up with him. He attempts to commit suicide by hanging himself, but the rope snaps. He returns to Taiwan to say goodbye to his family, but discovers tensions between his parents due to an extramarital affair. His adopted younger brother is well-loved in the family, but has always been distant from him. His 30-year-old sister barely works at the family breakfast shop, and her current boyfriend is terrible. “Are you satisfied with what your life has been to this point?” Gao may not be able to give a definitive answer to the question, but his annoying family has given him another perspective on life. This is the story of a middle-aged loser who tries tries to reclaim his life. We only live once, and he is still alive.