THE ABSENT STRANGER

At the funeral of her husband, grandma Xiu-ying looks not sad and even hangs out with her childhood sweetheart Chi happily like a girl. Astonished by her behavior, her grandson Yu-chen and his pregnant wife Jie-ru worry about her and brings her back to Taipei. After living together, they find Xiu-ying’s memory and behavior even more strange and diagnosed with Dementia. The doctor explains Xiu-ying may fall into memory at any time, so if they want to understand how to comfort Xiu-ying’s fear and aggression, they need to know more about her relationship with her husband or other close males. However, just when Yu-chen and Jie-ru are still busy building their new life and trying to understand more about grandma, Xiu-ying not only attacks her caretaker and insists accompany Chi only.

秀英阿嬤在丈夫告別式時毫不悲傷，重新與青梅竹馬的阿齊陷入熱戀，宛如回到少女時代。措手不及的孫子宇晨和剛懷孕不久的妻子潔茹擔心秀英出事，接秀英同住後卻發現她行為和記憶反覆。在精神科確診失智後，醫生表示秀英的行為可能跟過去記憶有關。於是宇晨跟潔茹在疲於奔命建立新生活時，又要重新了解阿嬤過去的生活與人際關係，但秀英已嚴重到開始懷疑並攻擊看護佩妮，一心只要阿齊來陪他，一切面臨分崩離析。