Movie review: The quiet weight of inherited beliefs

In ‘Left-Handed Girl’, tradition and parental love collide, revealing how ordinary moments shape a child’s understanding of herself.

With a paradoxical superstition, ‘Left-Handed Girl’ achieves a delicate balance of visual poetry, family dynamics and social realism. “Left is the devil’s hand,” I-Jing’s (Nina Ye) grandfather tells her as she grips her spoon with her left hand at the dinner table.