Q SERIES – MOTHER

At age 12, in the twilight of the Chinese Civil War, GAO Bing-han followed the Nationalist government in their exodus to Taiwan under his mother’s orders. In his 80s and a lawyer, GAO encounters three mothers in his work. The first is Hong, who tolerates her son’s violence. The second is Jiang, an indigenous woman who isn’t accepted by her father-in-law. And the last one is Xie, who seems elegant on the surface but is greatly depressed due to her family problems. In the midst of dealing with the conflicts of these three, GAO can’t help but sigh: “Did the war really end?”

國共戰爭那年，12歲的高秉涵聽從母親的嚴厲叮嚀，搭上船隻隨國民軍來台落地生根。如今80多年、身為律師的他，遇上三件棘手案件：包容兒子暴力行為的洪媽媽、不被外省公公承認的原民媳婦江美恩，以及表面優雅其實因家庭問題而備受壓抑的謝淑媛。高秉涵周旋在三位母親間試圖化解衝突，不禁感嘆，戰爭，真的結束了嗎？