Xiao-Fen9, would you please open the door?
Xiao-Fen9!
You always have a lie in on Saturday,
just wait until you're married...
l told you to take your key,
and now you expect me to open the door!
Are you Mrs Lin Huan9 Bi-Chun9?
Who are you...?
Can we come in, please?
l'm Claire from a French TV channel.
Your family has been chosen to represent Taiwan
on our show ''World Family.''
We stay with forei9n families for a weekend.
Then the viewers vote for their favorite family.
lt's a vey popular TV show in France.
That's cool!
What can we win?
The winnin9 family
9ets 100,OOO euros.
How much is that?
About 4 million Taiwan Dollars.
Mom, 4 million!
lt's up to you,
but ifyou accept,
our cameraman Pierre
will spend the ni9ht here
and stay until 4pm tomorrow.
Sory, l can't decide now...
My husband is out.
He'll be back soon.
lt's up to him.
Would you like to take a seat?
Oh, my God! Are all Frenchmen that cute?
You won't mary a forei9ner.
l don't want a mixed blood 9randson.
You racist!
You're no thorou9hbred yourself!
Hi! My name is Lin Chun9-Xion.
l'm 48.
at Di-Yi hi9h school.
Hi! l'm Lin Shu-Fen9.
l'm 21.
l work for an import-export company.
Hi ! l'm Lin Huan9 Bi-Chun9.
l'm...
What?
Do l have to say my a9e? -What happened?
She doesn't want to 9ive her a9e.
Doesn't matter.
Pierre says it's ok.
l knew the French were 9allant.
How come you know that?
Hi, l'm Mrs Lin.
l'm a housewife.
We are a family of4...
We have a cat.
We love him so much
he's part of the family.
l'll 9o 9et him ri9ht now.
Captain, say hello!
What a name!
Why do you call him Captain?
Because l like travellin9.
With a name like that
he's sure to take me on a voya9e.
Mom...
l'll leave you with Pierre.
How are we 9oin9 to communicate?
Don't wory. Just let him fllm.
And aRer all you can speak En!9lish.
Robbey...
Don't watch that!
What will the French think of us?
So what? They can't understand an_ay.
Are you stupid? They can read subtitles.
Why can't l watch this?
Taiwan is so violent.
l have to keep myself informed.
lt won't kill you not to watch it for once.
You're a teacher.
You'd better watch intelli9ent pro9rams.
Wait!
What a bastard!
He ou9ht to be shot!
What's the connection
be_een rape and corruption?
l don't understand reporters today.
Nobody's forcin9 you to watch.
l don't want to watch it.
lt always makes me so an9y.
Taiwan is no place to live.
What are you sayin9? That we're not happy here?
You make me mad evey time you criticize the TV.
What's wron9 with you?
l ty to be polite and you still 9et mad.
Are you doin9 this deliberately for his beneflt?
Xiao-Fen9. Lunchtime!
stop shootin9.
Pierre, stop shootin9.
What?
Come, come. l'll show you somethin9.
Here, here..
Are you ready? 1 , 2, 3
lt's always like this, many many thin9s.
What are you fllmin9?
lf l don't have all these,
what can we 9ive to unexpected 9uests?
We're in an international contest.
We mustn't lose face.
The Chinese people say, ''The bi9 is eat.''
Dad, what did you say?
Don't you understand?
''When you eat, even the kin9 can't disturb you.''
My father says,
''Eat is bi99er than the kin9.''
lt means important.
l understand. Eat.
l'm vey happy to have the lunch with you.
l'm sory that l bother you so much.
No, no.. You are welcome.
lt looks 9ood.
You should taste it flrst.
My mom says,
''Don't just look. Eat. You'll know how 9ood.''
The best in Taiwan.
ln Taiwan, if people put thin9s in your bowl,
you have to eat them all,
otherwise it's not polite...
Oh my God!
lt's delicious.
Thank you.
You have so many televisions
and you look the news all the time.
Yes. My father likes to watch.
So l have no choice.
What do you do normally at the weekend?
Nothin9 at all..
Where are my shoes?
By the door.
No.. You can't come.
Why?
Because we...
Xiao-Fen9!
Tell him
we're 9oin9 to the clinic.
Why? Just let him 9o with you.
No way.
We're not 9oin9 to show your father's dialysis.
Why not? There's nothin9 to be ashamed of.
lt's not that. l won't look 9ood.
And it takes 4 hours.
Pierre will 9et bored.
But he's bored here too!
We do nothin9 but eat, watch TV
and sleep.
Do you think people will vote for us?
lf people see that, they will look down upon us.
Can you think of
a cousin who's still in touch with us?
Your father doesn't even speak to his collea9ues.
lt's true that
people look down on dialysis.
But that's our business.
what other people think?
lt's a contest!
Maybe the dialysis
will brin9 us some sympathy votes!
l don't 9ive a damn about sympathy votes!
l do!
l want to win the 4 million dollars. And nobody will know.
Not even the taxman!
Do you really want me
to stay on my own with him for 4 hours?
What if he rapes me?
We live in a dan9erous world today.
Maybe this Frenchman is a sex maniac.
lf he kills me,
how are you 9oin9 to flnd him a9ain?
What are you talkin9 about?
Well, do what you like.
OK. You come.
Bye bye.
Are you OK?
l'm flne, thanks.
And you?
Hurt?
Camera.
You want me to...?
lt was always you who drove me to the clinic.
lt was also you who helped me with the dressin9s
Whenever l come here,
l think about you.
l don't know what to say.
l'm not feelin9 vey well.
lfyou see me on TV...
Mr Lin, it's time to take out the needles.
Sir, would you like to help?
Harder.
Yes, like this.
ls he doin9 it ri9ht?
Don't move.
Xiao-Fen9, help me.
Baked... l don't know what...
Sandwiches. - He knows that.
This one. - Dumplin9 fried.
And that?
Radish cake.
E99 roll.
And this.
Spa9hetti. - Spa9hetti.
Now, we have 9ot to eat.
We? No!
We have already eaten. It's all for you.
What?
All for you.
Tell him to help himself.
Eat anythin9 you like.
This is 9ood.
You like it?
Dad!
l'm takin9 Captain to the vet.
ls he sick?
No. l just want to
9ive Pierre more thin9s to fllm.
Then we'll have a better chance ofwinnin9.
Win or not, that's not important.
l eat too many thin9s.
Why do you eat all the breakfast?
Yesterday you said it's impolite if l don't eat.
Oh my God, but not eveythin9.
Sory, l have to 9o to the toilet.
Hi there, France.
What shall l say?
l've brou9ht my cat to the vet today.
Even thou9h he doesn't look sick.
l'm just supposin9 he isn't well.
There's nothin9 for me to do at home an_ay.
ln fact, he's not my cat.
He's my brother's.
He's the one who called him Captain
because he thou9ht he would be able to travel with him.
But he just ran away from home.
Mom!
What are you doin9?
Tell him l'm tidyin9 up.
He's not stupid.
l don't care about mine,
but don't touch other people's thin9s.
l never touch your thin9s.
That's a lie!
A lie?
l know
you read my brother's letters,
and you discovered he likes men.
And then you started insultin9 him.
Of course he ran away from home!
l'd rather he was dead!
How can you say that?
lf he was dead, at least
he wouldn't be as miserable as me.
You don't understand anythin9!
Don't wory. It's OK.
l'm not OK.
l hope you have eveythin9 you want.
Yes. - Yes?
lfwe win, we'll 9o to France.
To visit you.
OK. - OK.
When will we know the answer?
l'll come back tomorrow mornin9.
l'll tell you then.
And l'll 9ive you a copy of DVD,
aS a memOy.
Hi, is eveythin9 OK?
lt was fun. l'm afraid he was bored.
Pierre, he thou9ht that you were bored.
No.
Let's 9o.
Bye bye..
Bye bye.
Do you have school tomorrow?
No.
But l have a meetin9 at school at nine.
lfwe win the 4 million dollars,
what will you do?
Don't keep on about it.
lfwe win,
l'll flnd myself a detective.
A detective?
What for?
Even if l have to spend it all, l'll flnd Zi-Hao.
Find Zi-Hao?
Don't you think we've spent enou9h on him already?
We sent him to America
We flnally persuaded him to come back.
But he just went away a9ain.
And all this time, we've never known where he was.
lf he doesn't want to come back,
you'll have spent all the money for nothin9.
Shall l turn om the li9ht?
Who?
Who was there?
l don't know. - What's that?
l found it on the doormat.
What's that?
lsn't it the DVD from Pierre?
Our 4 million dollars!
Let's have a look.
lt's startin9.
Hi.
Thanks for lettin9 me stay this weekend.
He speaks Chinese!
l'm vey 9rateful.
ln fact, l lied to you.
There is no TV contest.
l'm... Zi-Hao's boyfriend.
Three years a9o,
we met in Taiwan.
Then... he came to live with me in France.
Zi-Hao talked a lot about you,
and l've always wanted to meet you,
But Zi-Hao...
didn't want me...
to meet you all.
Three months a9o,
Zi-Hao... had a car accident.
Zi-Hao...
is dead.
ARer his death, -Stop.
l didn't know what to do.
Because..
nobody had his address in Taiwan.
But l flnally found you.
lt was my job to tell you the news.
But l was afraid you would hate me.
That's why...
l chose this way to meet you.
On this DVD,
you'll flnd videos of Zi-Hao and me in France.
That's all l can omer you.
Thank you.