My Missing Valentine (2020) — AI Story Visualization

Plot Analysis Summary

A woman investigates a vanished day and gradually uncovers a forgotten connection linked to love, memory, and trauma.

Story Structure — 5 Plot Phases

The Day That Disappeared

Yang Hsiao-chi reports that she has lost an entire day and cannot remember where she went. The calendar and her sunburned skin make the impossible claim increasingly difficult to dismiss.

Key Events

• Lost Day Report — Yang Hsiao-chi reports that an entire day has vanished from her memory. Characters: Yang Hsiao-chi Location: Police station
• Burned Skin Evidence — Her badly sunburned arms and face suggest that the missing day physically occurred. Characters: Yang Hsiao-chi Location: Police station
• The Wrong Day — Yang Hsiao-chi discovers that the date is Monday rather than Sunday. Characters: Yang Hsiao-chi Location: Police station
• Valentine Plan Missing — She explains that Liu Wen-sen failed to appear for their Valentine's Day plan. Characters: Yang Hsiao-chi, Liu Wen-sen Location: Unspecified
• A Need for Speed — She recalls always moving faster than other people since childhood. Characters: Yang Hsiao-chi Location: Yang Hsiao-chi's memories

Love at Full Speed

The story recalls Yang Hsiao-chi's lifelong impatience and her fast-moving happiness with Liu Wen-sen. A public comment and a hostile warning suggest that the romance carries an unresolved danger.

Key Events

• A Need for Speed — She recalls always moving faster than other people since childhood. Characters: Yang Hsiao-chi Location: Yang Hsiao-chi's memories
• Racing the Moment — She remembers starting races, conversations, photographs, and blinks too early. Characters: Yang Hsiao-chi Location: Yang Hsiao-chi's memories
• Post Office Routine — As an adult, Yang Hsiao-chi works at a post office among slower people. Characters: Yang Hsiao-chi Location: Post office
• Meeting Liu Wen-sen — Yang Hsiao-chi becomes involved with Liu Wen-sen and admires his personal qualities. Characters: Yang Hsiao-chi, Liu Wen-sen Location: Unspecified
• Happiness Accelerates — Yang Hsiao-chi's happiness grows rapidly, and the Radio DJ notices her excitement. Characters: Yang Hsiao-chi, Liu Wen-sen, Radio DJ Location: Unspecified

A Family in Transition

Seven months later, Yang Hsiao-chi's family prepares to leave Taipei while coping with a disappearance and the disposal of personal belongings. This domestic upheaval brings hidden material into view.

Key Events

• Happiness Accelerates — Yang Hsiao-chi's happiness grows rapidly, and the Radio DJ notices her excitement. Characters: Yang Hsiao-chi, Liu Wen-sen, Radio DJ Location: Unspecified
• A Hostile Warning — A hostile man warns someone to leave Yang Hsiao-chi alone. Characters: Yang Hsiao-chi Location: Unspecified
• Seven Months Later — The story moves forward seven months as Yang Hsiao-chi's family faces major changes. Characters: Yang Hsiao-chi Location: Taipei
• Leaving Taipei — Her family prepares to leave Taipei and return to their parents' home in Hsinchu. Characters: Yang Hsiao-chi Location: Taipei
• Belongings Given Away — The family gives away belongings while dealing with the disappearance of her father. Characters: Yang Hsiao-chi Location: Family home

Letters from the Secret Base

Yang Hsiao-chi discovers letters linked to a secret base and realizes they concern someone she had forgotten. The letters describe a slower life, a delayed watch, and work as a bus driver.

Key Events

• Letters Found — Yang Hsiao-chi encounters letters connected with a secret base. Characters: Yang Hsiao-chi Location: Family home
• Forgotten Person — The letters make Yang Hsiao-chi realize they concern someone she had forgotten. Characters: Yang Hsiao-chi Location: Family home
• A Slower Life — The letters describe a person whose life moves more slowly than everyone else's. Characters: Yang Hsiao-chi Location: Secret base
• Delayed Watch — The letters recall childhood games and a watch that ran behind. Characters: Yang Hsiao-chi Location: Secret base

The Call Before the Answer

The letters reveal a devastating multiple-car crash and its consequences. A voice then calls Yang Hsiao-chi by name, but the transcript ends before the forgotten connection is fully explained.

Key Events

• The Bus Driver — The letters reveal that the forgotten person's work involved driving a bus. Characters: Yang Hsiao-chi Location: Secret base
• The Fatal Crash — The letters describe a multiple-car crash in which the person's parents died and the person was seriously injured. Characters: Yang Hsiao-chi Location: Secret base
• The Secret Base Call — A voice calls Yang Hsiao-chi by name and invites her to the secret base. Characters: Yang Hsiao-chi Location: Secret base
• The Unfinished Revelation — The caller recalls a childhood holiday and the crash, but the full identity and resolution remain undisclosed. Characters: Yang Hsiao-chi Location: Secret base

Story Breakdown

• Vanished Valentine — Yang Hsiao-chi's missing day is tied to a failed Valentine's Day meeting.
  • Police Station Report — She reports that she remembers neither the missing day nor what happened.
  • Calendar Contradiction — The date is Monday rather than Sunday, confirming that a whole day has disappeared from her experience.
• Yang's Fast Rhythm — Yang Hsiao-chi's personality is defined by moving and reacting faster than others.
  • Childhood Impatience — She starts races, conversations, photographs, and even blinks too early.
  • Post Office Contrast — Her impatience becomes visible in the slower environment of the post office.
• Romance Under Threat — Her relationship with Liu Wen-sen brings intense happiness but also an unexplained warning.
  • Liu's Disappearance — Liu Wen-sen fails to appear for Valentine's Day and cannot be found.
  • Hostile Warning — A hostile man warns someone to leave Yang Hsiao-chi alone.
• Family Displacement — Seven months later, family changes create the circumstances for Yang Hsiao-chi's discovery.
  • Leaving Taipei — The family prepares to return to their parents' home in Hsinchu.
  • Dispersed Belongings — Personal belongings are given away while the family deals with a disappearance.
• Letters And Memory — Letters connected with a secret base revive a person and history that Yang Hsiao-chi had forgotten.
  • Secret Base Clues — The letters are connected to a secret base and concern a forgotten person.
  • Slower Life — The letters describe delayed timing, childhood games, and work as a bus driver.
• Trauma Before Disclosure — The final revelations connect the forgotten history to a devastating crash and an unfinished call.
  • Multiple Car Crash — The letters describe the deaths of parents and serious injury in a multiple-car crash.
  • Unfinished Invitation — A voice calls Yang Hsiao-chi by name and invites her to the secret base before the full explanation ends.

Directed by

Chen Yu-hsun

Key Cast

• Liu Kuan-ting — Ah Tai
• Patty Lee — Yang Hsiao-chi
• Duncan Chow — Liu Wen-sen
• Joanne Missingham — Ye Pei-wen
• Ayugo Huang — Yang Hsiao-chi's Father