Heavy Craving(HKAFF 2019)

Ying-juan finds happiness in creating delicious dishes for the kids in her mother’s daycare center, but the only thing that everyone seems to see is her plump figure. Under the pressure of her overbearing mother, she finally joins a weight loss program. Ironically, her obsession with her body takes a toll on her soul. The feature directorial debut of Hsieh Pei-ju (Ten Years Taiwan) is a humorous but thought-provoking dramedy about self-image. Star Tsai Jia-yin won the Best New Talent award at the Taipei Film Festival for her honest, heartbreaking portrayal of a woman literally and metaphorically weighed down by beauty standards of this so-called modern world.