THE TORMENT OF FLOWERS

The story is based on the true events of the last licensed prostitutes in the 1990s. The heroine learns the courage to stick to her ideals from her mother who was a prostitute.

Shuyan, a Chinese American lawyer raised in New York, received a letter sent from Taiwan to her deceased mother unveiling a long-hidden secret that her biological mother was someone else. She traveled to Taiwan and discovered that both mothers were once licensed prostitutes. The past of her mothers symbolized the tragic tale of licensed prostitutes in Taiwan: Living in darkness, stepping up, and fighting for their existence. They once stirred up a storm but were eventually forgotten. All these stemmed from an unjust decree, abolishing licensed prostitution.