Left-Handed Girl

Name: Left-Handed Girl
Genre: Drama, Family
Released: November 14, 2025
Duration: 108 min
Rating: 77

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Netflix | Release Date: November 14, 2025 | Not Rated

Summary: A single mother and her two daughters return to Taipei after several years of living in the countryside to open a stand at a buzzing night market. But when their traditional grandfather forbids his youngest left-handed granddaughter from using her “devil hand,” generations of family secrets begin to unravel.

Genre(s): Drama, Family

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 108 min

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The Guardian Tammy Tarng

Nov 13, 2025

Tsou and Baker’s script sharply examines what it really means to lose face: which shames are noble, which are indulgent, and what should be passed from one generation to the next? Read full review

The Playlist Carlos Aguilar

May 21, 2025

The spontaneity with which the majority of the events seem to occur renders Left-Handed Girl all the more impressive. Read full review

Kaleem Aftab

Nov 13, 2025

Not every performance is assured – though Nina Ye is consistently impressive – and the script includes perhaps one twist too many. Yet Left-Handed Girl remains a sensitive and affecting drama that avoids sentiment in favour of more grounded emotional truths. Read full review

The Film Stage Alistair Ryder

Oct 28, 2025

Director Shih-Ching Tsou’s solo debut Left-Handed Girl is a simple but striking drama about growing up in a family living paycheck-to-paycheck. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Christy Lemire

Nov 14, 2025

The ultimate themes of forgiveness, reconciliation, and redemption shine through, and the joyous sight of Ye skipping through the corridors of the market is impossible to resist. Read full review

Natalia Winkelman

Dec 3, 2025

Expressive visuals and evocative scenes, including one involving an overactive meerkat, make Left-Handed Girl a memorable family affair. It’s only when the film introduces one too many social realist tropes . . . that the melodrama grows unwieldy. Read full review

Natalia Keogan

Nov 14, 2025

There’s something impersonal about Left-Handed Girl, like a greeting card written by a close friend with their non-dominant hand. Select words and phrases are legible, but the overall wobbliness has the entire sentiment feeling a bit fuzzy. Read full review

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