The Free Man

Just released on parole, A-Jie works in a laundry store. All he hopes for is to wash away his wrongdoings in the past. The laundry store is owned by a middle-aged man called Tzai-Tsai. He has a niece who suffers from polio. Together, the three work and live in the shabby old laundry house. One day in the laundry store, A-Jie accidentally sees something that he is not supposed to see, and everything begins to spin out of control… This film is inspired by the youngest death row of Taiwan: Tang Ying-Shen, an aboriginal young man who was sentenced to death at the age of 18. To support his family, he had come to Taipei for a job and was referred to a laundry store where he was inhumanely mistreated. During a fierce argument, he killed the store-owner and two other family members. The incident fueled great debate. If this young man had not been executed, how would he have coped with his new life after his release?