Confessions of a Mole

After seven years abroad in Poland, Chinese filmmaker Mo Tan returns home for the Lunar New Year, only to be drawn back into the emotional pull of her family. When a fortune teller warns that a mole on her face will bring misfortune, her parents insist she have it removed. Mo refuses, but their fixation, compounded by a fractured family dynamic and her own unraveling relationship, begins to push her to the brink. A breast cancer diagnosis forces her to confront both her mortality and the unsettling possibility that fate might be real. Blending raw documentary intimacy with stop-motion animations and a tragicomic tone, “Confessions of a Mole” explores tradition, illness, and the generational wounds that echo through families. It’s a story of a family struggling to reconnect, make sense of the past, and rediscover love in the long shadow of trauma.