The scene opens as the day's first rays of sun strike Taiwan at Taimali Township, Taitung. For director En Chen--a long-time collaborator with famed director Hou Hsiao-hsien and whose cinematography for Hou's film City of Sadness earned him a Golden Horse nomination--this marks his first steps into feature film direction. Now or never
鏡頭從台灣第一道曙光──台東太麻里──開始；對於長期與侯孝賢導演合作，且以《悲情城市》一片入圍金馬獎最佳攝影師陳懷恩來說，此刻也是他跨入劇情片導演的起點。