Filmmaker Dorothy Sing Zhang travels to Geneva to meet 8 siblings whom she has only recently met. A particular dynamic has set in, made up of interpersonal struggles that reveal old traumas: the sacrificed father, loss of control, and restrained love.
A modern musical between Tess, a mother, and her daughter Justine. After suffering a fall, the doctor expresses to Tess, from the CT scan, a potential presence of a lump in her breast and recommends a mammogram. Justine accompanies her and ultimately uncovering the real reason for the fall.
Dorothea Sing Zhang’s documentary instincts reach new heights in this intimate behind-the-scenes glimpse of her mother’s solitary routine as the star of Chinese opera, a life’s calling that alienates her from her closest.
