艾草

近三十年來，台灣社會逐步形成包容不同價值觀念的多元社會，本片試圖呈現出生於三、四十年代的一輩，在面對新價值觀的衝擊時，如何察覺自己的限制、自處並且面對挑戰。
吳艾草（潘麗麗飾）58歲，生長於保守排外的台灣閩南村落，年輕時為了跟大她二十歲的外省籍老師談戀愛，不顧單親母親的反對，遠嫁台北。38歲時丈夫過世，艾草獨立撫養女兒宋伶(周姮吟飾)，兒子宋海(莫子儀飾)。她好不容易將孩子扶養成人，退休後每天練八段錦，讀英文，每隔些日子回鄉下照顧母親，以為艱苦的日子過去，可以過平靜的生活。
艾草的兒子宋海乖巧孝順，但是卻不敢將自己的同性戀身份告訴母親，他知道母親堅強固執，不願令她傷心。宋海的姊姊宋伶未婚生子從法國留學歸國，宋海也無法再掩蓋自己的同性戀情，家人關係緊張低迷一觸即發。
面對兒女的選擇，艾草長年建立的倫理與價值觀被迫瓦解。她發現兒女跟她並不處於同一個世界，她孤獨、無助、憤怒。夾在兩代價值觀之間的艾草，如何發現自己的限制？又如何勇敢面對？

Synopsis:
“Ai-tsao”literally translates into “Artemisia”, which is a soft, aromatic medicinal plant named after the Greek goddess Artemis. In the film, the main character Ai-tsao was born into a conservative and exclusionist Minnan family. After falling in love with a teacher of mainland descent, who happened to be 20 years her senior, Ai-tsao turned her back on her single mother and eloped with her lover.
Like her mother, Ai-tsao became widowed and had to raise her son and daughter on her own. She was proud of her role and accomplishment as a mother, until one day she discovered that her son was gay, and her daughter returned from France with a daughter born out of wedlock with an African-French man. As her long-standing moral values were severely challenged, Ai-tsao once again readjusts herself and embraces her gay son and daughter with love and acceptance.

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