In this tense, slow-burn thriller, Zi-Jie is a young Taiwanese fencer who reconnects with his estranged older brother Zi-Han, who is released from juvenile prison after seven years. Zi-Han killed an opponent during a fencing competition but insists that it was an accident and he is innocent of murder. Wanting to believe him, Zi-Jie goes against his mother’s wishes, allowing Zi-han to train him for the upcoming national championships. Drawing on her own experience as a professional fencer, Singaporean director Nelicia Low explores the unconscious desires and repressed cruelty that shape the brothers’ relationship. Liu Hsiu-Fu gives an outstanding, complex performance as the stubborn gay teenager, matched by Tsao Yu-Ming as the disconcerting older sibling who might be a victim of circumstance – or a sociopathic killer.