“Although LIGHT OF THE SETTING SUN tells the story
of just one family, it takes on far greater proportion
when it exposes the reverberations of exile…
ultimately powerful enough to likely break a cycle.”

— The Moveable Fest

“Intimate, haunting and deeply human… This is documentary filmmaking at its most personal and most necessary.”

— Film Threat

“…the inherited trauma forever looming like an unacknowledged shadow. That is until Du uses her camera to coax it into the light.”

— Filmmaker Magazine

“The film is patient, intimate, and filled with pain and curiosity.”

— KIOS at the Movies, NPR

“Rather than outrage and anger, LIGHT OF THE SETTING SUN
focuses on healing and understanding. It's meditative and poetic.
…Wonderfully absorbing.”

— Screen Anarchy

“由ABC能夠拍出這段二戰後來在台灣外省人的心境及後代
面對挑戰是非常難得的，也是值得注意関心的一個族群。”

— Sing Tao Chinese Radio (4/10/24)