Century Egg

Century Egg

6.0IMDb Score
Released:2024-08-23
Genre:Drama
Duration:16 min
Country:Taiwan
Director:Charles Barratt
Actors:Justin Chien, Wu Chien-ho, Chen Yi-wen, Lin Yu-Chen, Hung Koh Mei-Ying
Production:Mercy Creatives Production

Overview:

A man returns to Taiwan, the country he left behind decades prior, only to find himself wandering a city he no longer recognizes and in the company of a stranger who took him in.

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