EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has acquired most of the global rights to Shih-Ching Tsou’s Cannes‘ Critics Week movie Left-Handed Girl.
The movie, produced by and co-written by 4x Anora Oscar winner Sean Baker won the Gan Foundation Award as well as the Prix du Rail d’Or following its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.
The Mandarin and Taiwanese language movie follows a single mother and her two daughters who relocate to Taipei to open a night market stall, each of them navigating the challenges of adapting to their new environment while striving to maintain family unity. Janel Tsai stars as the mother, along with Nina Ye and Teng-Hui Huang as the children.
We heard back on the Croisette that Netflix was very excited about acquiring this movie.
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“The original story comes from something my grandfather told me when I was young,” Tsou told
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