Artemisia - Ai Tsao (2009)

Artemisia (2009) Country: Taiwan Release Year: 2009 Aka: Ai Tsao Director: Chiang Hsiu Chiung Writer: Tseng Yu Chieh Language: Mandarin Genre: Drama Runtime: 85 min Cast: Tang Cheng Gang, Mo Tze Yi Pan Li Li, Chuo Heng Yin Studio: Public Television Service Vision Communication Production Imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1405358/ Available on:

Artemisia, aka, Ai Tsao, the Chinese name of a 58-years-old woman who looks like any other ordinary housewife in Taiwan: playing Tai-chi in the morning, picking up English words by words with her son. But one day, she gradually realizes her filial son is actually gay, and her daughter returns home from abroad with an illegitimate daughter! Extremely rare and fare portrayal of how the family deals with a gay son, with no over-the-top stereotypes nor moral degrade, ARTEMISIA resembles more of Ang Lee’s early Taiwanese films with a deep understanding of the complexity of Chinese culture. After all, life has to go on.