"Decades later, she has turned that childhood incident into a scene in her new film, Left-Handed Girl, which follows a sweet-natured Taiwanese five-year-old, I-Jing (Nina Ye), grappling with what she believes to be her own devil's hand. Her mother, Shu-Fen (Janel Tsai), a noodle stall owner, is struggling with money problems while I-Jing's rebellious older sister, I-Ann (Shih-Yuan Ma), is dealing with the fallout from an affair with her married boss."
"Tsou found Nina, who started acting in commercials when she was three, through a casting director friend. When I cast her, she was six, so she was really experienced, says the director over a video call from the Zurich film festival. She knows exactly what to do in front of the camera."
Left-Handed Girl follows five-year-old I-Jing, who believes her left hand is sinful after being taught that the left hand is the devil's hand. Her mother Shu-Fen runs a noodle stall while struggling financially; older sister I-Ann faces consequences of an affair. I-Jing begins shoplifting as her left hand seems to act independently. Director Shih-Ching Tsou drew on her own childhood correction and cast Nina, a left-handed child retrained for the role. The film was shot entirely on iPhones and examines family secrets, resilience, and the pressure on Asian women in son-preferential societies.
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