
Mo Tan / China, Poland / 2025 / 92 min
After years in Poland, filmmaker Mo Tan returns to China. A fortune teller’s warning about a mole sparks a family feud. Amidst a cancer diagnosis and a fracturing family, this raw tragicomedy asks: can we outrun fate, or is it etched on our skin?
After seven years in Poland, director Mo Tan returns to China for the New Year. A family gathering quickly turns into an emotional battle: her parents, believing in a prophecy, demand the removal of a mole from her face. As Mo grapples with a breast cancer diagnosis and the breakdown of her relationship, she must confront her own mortality and generational trauma. Documentary intimacy blends with tragic humor in a search for understanding the past and the possibility of rebuilding love.