Kathmandu, July 8 -- 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.

Notably, this superstition appears to be a simple, insignificant occurrence amid a family rebuilding itself in a new city. With time and repetition, it hardens into a private mythology and ultimately into a psychological alteration for a five-year-old child.

Shih-Ching Tsou, with her solo directorial debut after years of collaboration with Sean Baker on films such as 'Take Out', 'Florida Project', and 'Red Rocket', understands the tenderness and cruelty t...