When A-Ho, the rebellious young son in a family of four, is sent to a juvenile detention center for getting into a brawl, his parents are shocked and ashamed, prompting his father A-Wen to turn his back on him. A-Wen instead devotes his attention to the elder son, A-Hao, who wants to be a doctor and is, in his father’s eyes, more worthy of support. But all is not what it seems. To make matters worse, A-Ho’s pregnant girlfriend shows up on the family’s doorstep while he’s imprisoned and begs to be taken in. In this complex psychological family drama that doubles as a thriller, director Chung Mong-Hong deals with loss, healing, depression and redemption, and finds a resolution in an unforeseen, unexpected twist. When elucidating the meaning behind the film’s title, the award-winning director said, “The sun is warm but it can also be too hot, so in the end everyone tries to hide in the shadows.”