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Plot summary
Song Zhengyuan dies, and his ex-wife Liu Sanlian learns that his insurance policy no longer names their son Song Chengxi. The beneficiary is Jay, Zhengyuan's male lover. Sanlian and Chengxi go to Jay's apartment to demand the money back, and Jay refuses. Chengxi does not get along with his mother and thinks she cares only about the payout. After she throws away his father's memorabilia, they argue and he runs away to Jay's apartment, where Jay takes him in. Jay is a theater director, and Chengxi follows him to work during the day. Sanlian keeps visiting, hoping to bring her son home.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Dear Ex (2018)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The screenplay, by Lu Shih-yuan and Mag Hsu, was drawn from the true story of a friend of Mag Hsu's who learned that her husband was having an affair with a man.
- Dear Ex was screened as the opening film of the 22nd Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, the first time the annual event had opened with a Taiwanese production.
