Chun-chieh Lee

Doris simply wanted to open a refined, stylish coffee shop in a bohemian Taipei neighborhood, but when she's stuck with a load of useless gifts from the opening celebration, her younger sister Josie turns the café into a burgeoning bartering business. There, even a soulful song (by Japanese singer Atari Kosuke in a cameo) is a tradable commodity. One day, a traveler brings in 35 soaps from around the world with a story for each of them, awakening Doris' imagination about the outside world that she has never seen.

Tung-Ching’s life has changed since a car accident three months ago. The lifeline on his right hand was scratched off in this incident. A nurse told him that his life is no longer controlled by fate but has become unpredictable since then. Three months later, Tung-Ching’s father has suffered a stroke so he has to take over the family pawnshop. His girlfriend, Eiko, who is interested in palm reading, wants to retrieve Tung-Ching’s lifeline. However, Tung-Ching is apathetic to know what the future holds. He starts to flirt with one of his female customers who he names her “ Know-all”.

Taipei, années 1990. Pizza boy JJ rencontre un jour à son ex-petite amie Pony qui poursuit maintenant une relation homosexuelle avec Mimi. Lors de sa première visite JJ cède à la séduction de Pony et lui fait l'amour en présence de Mimi qui est apparemment endormi ... Pony apprécie l'excitation secrète de sa liaison avec JJ tandis que Mimi essaie difficilement de faire avec. Mais au fil des jours, JJ se retrouve de plus en plus obsédé par Mimi. À ce stade, aucun des trois n'est sûr de ce qu'il attend de l'amour ...