Film archive, 2026

To Be Ordinary

有用的人

Director LEE Yun Chan

2Festival entries

★Avg. rating

Late one night, Yu Jie heads home from his part-time job on a motorcycle when he ends up in a car accident. A college student and web designer, he has a father who has been unemployed for three year′s a mother who barely speaks to her husband and devotes herself entirely to their children, and a younger sister just entering adolescence. The elderly man responsible for the accident transfers ownership of his house to Yu Jie and pays his medical and living expenses each month to make amends, but he is still plagued with guilt. Meanwhile, Yu Jie’s family, once on the verge of financial and emotional collapse, gradually becomes a family again, eating dinner together. Around the same time, Yu Jie also grows close to his physical therapist Yi-han. Yet this ‘ordinary’ happiness is only momentary. Lee Yun Chan, whose debut feature The Shoe Fairy was selected for BIFF New Currents in 2005, returns with a weighty drama film. Portraying the ironies of life through a colder look at reality, she weaves a dense narrative by layering the stories of people who must live on despite everything. Maintaining a careful balance between contemplation and sympathy, Lee completes another memorable family drama from Taiwan.

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Film details

Director: LEE Yun Chan
Country/Region: Taiwan
Year: 2026
Length: 112min
Original language: Chinese
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Director

LEE Yun Chan

Born in Taipei Taiwan in 1972, Lee Yun-chan is an accomplished film director and screenwriter. Her first feature film The Shoe Fairy(2005) was selected for many film festivals around the world.

From Tokyo International Film Festival 2026, No. 39

Credits

Director: LEE Yun Chan
Producer: inch LIN, Alvin CHANG
Cast: Weber YANG, Shih Ying CHANG, Hsiu Shen LIANG, Junior HSIEH, Pin Hsuan CHEN
Screenplay: LEE Yun Chan, Ginger WANG
Cinematography: Ming LEE
Production design: Yung Kun LAI
Editing: Su Ling TU
Music: Cicada
Sound: Cheng CHOU
Production company: Goer Film Co., Ltd.
World sales: Mandarin Vision Co., Ltd.

Festival appearances2

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To Be OrdinaryTokyo International Film Festival 2026, No. 39World Focus: Taiwan Cinema Renaissance 2026

To Be OrdinaryBusan International Film Festival 2026, No. 31Competition

Festival history2

东京国际电影节, 2026World Focus: Taiwan Cinema Renaissance 2026, Official selection 釜山国际电影节, 2026Competition, Competitive sectionBusan Award for Best Director, LEE Yun Chan

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