The Flower of Midsummer Night

Fouryearold Yang Yang lives with his single mother in Osaka He has not seen his father whom his Taiwanese mother met while studying in Japan for months A picture falls into his hands that shows the three smiling happily in front of a fireworks display The painted picture brings back memories of the happy days as a family The film sensitively accompanies the emotional world of the individual family members and accompanies worries and moments of happiness with which one can identify across national borders