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What We Carry, Carries Us.
What haunts us is not only death, but aging. Pei-Hua is drawn like a blurred sketch—gray, undefined, embodying the quiet experience of a woman growing older.Mothers often remain fixed in place, becoming a point of reference for their daughters’ journeys. Each of us carries a “carry-on”—unfinished burdens or lessons meant to be faced in this life. When we finally leave, do these carry-ons remain? In the film, a fire becomes a ritual of release, a way of saying goodbye. Life is rarely pure joy or sorrow, and The Carry-On is no exception.Read moreLess
What haunts us is not only death, but aging. Pei-Hua is drawn like a blurred sketch—gray, undefined, embodying the quiet experience of a woman growing older.Mothers often remain fixed in place, becoming a point of reference for their daughters’ journeys. Each of us carries a “carry-on”—unfinished burdens or lessons meant to be faced in this life. When we finally leave, do these carry-ons remain? In the film, a fire becomes a ritual of release, a way of saying goodbye. Life is rarely pure joy or sorrow, and The Carry-On is no exception.
The story
What haunts us is not only death, but aging. Pei-Hua is drawn like a blurred sketch—gray, undefined, embodying the quiet experience of a woman growing older.Mothers often remain fixed in place, becoming a point of reference for their daughters’ journeys. Each of us carries a “carry-on”—unfinished burdens or lessons meant to be faced in this life. When we finally leave, do these carry-ons remain? In the film, a fire becomes a ritual of release, a way of saying goodbye. Life is rarely pure joy or sorrow, and The Carry-On is no exception.
Cast & crew
Lu Yi-chingMei Hsu
Wu Yi-jungPeihua Kon
Andrew ChauBen Jiang
Sharon HuangXiaofan Hsieh
Chin Tzu-yenGranny Joo
Ricie FunYoung Mei
Grace Chen Shu-FangAuntie GUO
Yeh Hui-chihPing Wang
Eva ChouAunt XiaExplore the crew
- Director
- Hsu Li-wen
- Writer
- Lin Chia-hui
- Writer
- Hsu Li-wen
- Producer
- Pan Feng-ju
- Producer
- Yeh Tien-lun
- Director of Photography
- Tsai Wei-lung
- Editor
- Chiu Kai-li