Left-Handed Girl: Release date news, cast details, streaming details and more about the upcoming drama film on Netflix by Sean Baker

Left-Handed Girl is a film in the drama genre directed by Taiwanese-American filmmaker and actress Shih-Ching Tsou. She has written it with her long-time collaborator Sean Baker. It was the official entry from Taiwan at the 98th Academy Awards in the category of Best International Feature Film.

The film's official synopsis, as per Letterboxd, reads,

A single mother and her two daughters return to Taipei after several years of living in the countryside to open a stand at a buzzing night market. Each in their own way, will have to adapt to this new environment to make ends meet and succeed in maintaining the family unity. Three generations of family secrets begin to unravel after the youngest daughter who’s left-handed is told by her traditional grandfather to never use her “devil hand”.

Let's find out more details about the film.

When will Left-Handed Girl release digitally?

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Left-Handed Girl is scheduled to release in the United States in a limited number of theatres on November 14, 2025. It will subsequently be released on Netflix on November 28. The film's world premiere took place at this year's Cannes Film Festival in the Critics' Week section.

Shih-Ching Tsou was the co-director of the 2004 film Take Out along with Baker. She went on to produce several other films by Baker, including Tangerine, Starlet, Red Rocket, and The Florida Project. Baker is also credited as the editor of the film, with Tzu-Hao Kao and Ko-Chin Chen as the cinematographers.

The film is written by Tsou and Baker, who have also produced it with Mike Goodridge. It's shot on iPhone.

Who is starring in Left-Handed Girl?

The film features several actors, including:

Janel Tsai
Shih-Yuan Ma
Nina Ye
Brando Huang
Blaire Chang
Akio Chen
Xin-Yan Chao
Teng-Hung Hsia
Teng-Hui Huang

What is Left-Handed Girl all about?

Left-Handed Girl revolves around a single mother who has two children. She decides to move to Taipei with them to start a market stall in the city. The story focuses on how the three try to adjust to the new city as they face new challenges.

In a Deadline interview, Tsou (who is left-handed) spoke about the film's inception.

“Like in the film, my grandfather told me that my left hand was the devil’s hand. I told Sean about this, and he was like, ‘Wow, we can write a story about it’. We went to Taiwan in 2002 and shot a short trailer with still photos cut together."

She added,

“When we came back to New York, we made Take Out together, and put Left-handed Girl on the backburner, thinking that maybe if we made that first, we would be able to get funding more easily. Unfortunately, it didn’t happen. It wasn’t the right time.”

Baker said,

“We just couldn’t find financing for it. It was very difficult, a fully Mandarin language film. We wanted Shih-Ching to solo direct it. It took until after The Florida Project for interest to start picking-up."

The film will release theatrically and on Netflix on November 14 and November 28, respectively.