We Girls

7/23/2025

When a fleecing scam goes wrong, the deaf-mute “Mao Ah” (Lan Xiya) finds herself sharing a prison cell with petty thief “Gai Yeuxiang” (Liying Zhao) who knows enough sign-language to be appointed her guardian by firm but kindly police officer “Deng Hong” (Ni Chuai). The former lass is initially very defensive, but quickly the pair begin to bond as they are co-opted onto an artistic group called the “Sunflowers” who are to perform for the visitors at a festival. A couple of years pass uneventfully and they are released. “Mao Ah” has no-one but her old contacts and she manages to convince the one who comes to collect her to leave her be. “Gai Yeixiang” is seeking her daughter who was abandoned to an orphanage by her wastrel father, but is soon faced with a few stark realities. Neither of the