The Hour Filler

The House Filler is told through the experiences of Golden Phoenix, a widow with bound feet who endures war, poverty, and political turmoil as she struggles for survival, freedom, and happiness.

After the untimely death of her husband, Golden Phoenix is determined to keep her family together. Yet crushing poverty forces her to make the heart-wrenching decision to give her teenage twins to the Red Army. During the chaos of the Japanese invasion of her hometown, she is separated from her two young daughters, while her remaining son leaves to fight for the Nationalist army.

Golden Phoenix and her adopted son remain behind to endure the horrors and hardships of war. When the Civil War ends with the Communists in power in 1949, one of her twins, now a member of the Communist Party, is falsely accused of treason, imprisoned, and facing death. Golden Phoenix and her family must find a way to save his life.