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Embrace

Embrace is a surreal love story set in a nation where physical contact is forbidden. In this world, a tailor becomes a secret conduit for intimacy, offering brief moments of human touch through dress fittings. When the state intervenes, one returns for a final embrace—leading to a radical act of love and defiance.



In a nation where physical affection is forbidden, a tailor’s practice becomes an underground phenomenon. When measuring waists, the tailor offers citizens their only fleeting moment of intimate human contact. Among his clients is Yen, who frequently returns, requesting dresses in every possible size—an excuse to be held again.


But the secret police uncover the subversive nature of tailor's work and force the shop to shut down. One rainy night, Yen knocks on the tailor's door, seeking one final fitting. By morning, sirens echo across the country. The people discover the tailor and Yen have sewn themselves together—two bodies stitched into one, defying the regime with a permanent, irreversible embrace.

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Prize

2019 First Prize at the National Taiwan University Film Festival


Exhibition History & Awards

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