台灣新生代導演林書宇繼《百日告別》（第13屆）以自身經歷書寫告別摰愛的悲慟後，再度以傷痛及回憶入題，把英文小說界最高榮譽曼布克獎決選入圍作改編成電影，以雙時間軸攝出戰亂帶來的時代動盪、遺忘與遺憾。馬來亞姊妹花在戰爭中飽受蹂躪，求生寄託只有彼此。妹妹於戰後獨活下來卻未能忘懷，決意打造紀念花園，自然之靜美與日籍園藝師的陪伴讓她慢慢療癒，更譜出一段淒美的禁戀。劇本感動了金馬影后李心潔與張艾嘉擔綱演出，更邀來日本金像影帝阿部寬加盟，以精湛演技詮釋角色複雜的情感，在金馬崙高原的如霧景色襯托下撼動觀眾心靈，稜角有致地拼湊出二戰後英殖馬來亞的歷史面貌。

Taiwanese director Tom Lin (Starry Starry Night, Zinnia Flower) adapts Malaysian writer Tan Twan Eng’s Man Booker Prize-nominated novel into this elegant, star-studded drama about memory, loss and the art of gardening. After her retirement, former judge Yun Ling goes to the Cameron Highlands to write her memoirs. In the process, she remembers her time in a Japanese civilian internment camp during World War II and a promise she made to her late sister to build a Japanese garden at the family home. Despite her resentment towards the Japanese, Yun Ling becomes an apprentice under Aritomo, who was the Japanese emperor’s gardener before moving to Malaysia.