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Ever since his wife Mei-yun was left comatose after nearly drowning, CHEN You-ming has been raising his three sons alone in their seaside village. And since the mechanical digger he drives broke down, Chen has had more time on his hands than he likes. His life is suddenly disrupted by the appearance of a disturbed young woman who calls herself XIE Hui-zhen (“Zhen” for short) and says that Chen is her father. To uncover the facts behind Zhen’s wild claim, CHEN has to contact his old girlfriend KE Li-jia, last seen 20 years ago. Before the truth about Zhen’s inner turmoil emerges, CHEN has to deal with the death of his wife in hospital and the stresses in his relationships with his sons Wei, Ting and Liang.
住在海邊小鎮的陳有銘(陳銘飾)自從太太美雲發生溺水意外後,在漂浮著垃圾的埤塘住家旁,獨自扶養著三個兒子。長子阿威(吳威翰飾)因曾加入詐騙集團而自食其果,現在準備離開家去開創演員的事業;次子阿庭(鍾尚庭飾)僅擁有幼童的心智且需要人照護;而最年輕的小亮(董亮宇飾),具有畫畫的天賦,也敏銳地發現自己是「多餘的」小孩。最近陳有銘賴以為生的怪手故障了,所以空閒無事常在夾娃娃機店或者卡拉OK餐廳遊走,然而一個自稱謝卉臻(李亞臻飾)的女子出現,他原本安靜的生活突然之間起了變化⋯⋯。
阿臻想知道陳有銘是否就是他的親生父親。陳原本不想理會阿,但她不斷騷擾,別無他法陳只好打給了阿臻的母親柯莉佳(何子華飾),他二十年前的女友。柯得知了她失蹤女兒的去向,也來到小鎮與女兒對質。在一切謎團明朗以前,陳同時也得面對醫院傳來他妻子的死訊,以及他與三個兒子阿威、阿庭
及小亮日益緊繃的關係⋯⋯。
繼2006年《蝴蝶》之後,張作驥再度回到宜蘭取景拍片,最新力《夏日天空的那匹紅馬》描繪住在海邊小鎮的陳家父子四人,雖過著貧困但也與世無爭的寧靜生活。然而那年夏天,一個來自城市的謎樣女子則破壞了那份寧靜,也帶來了一場夢。夢中,一匹紅色的馬時而在浮在海上、時而飛翔於天際,似乎也默默牽引著這一家人以及那個女子,引導至他們內心最深刻的記憶。
魔幻又寫實的場景,導演張作驥選定宜蘭的小埤打造故事主角陳家人的家景,陳家的後院可通往遼闊的埤塘,本來是心曠神怡的自然美景,劇組以道具陳設及視覺特效將小埤形塑成漂滿垃圾的魔幻光景,後院漂浮著滿山的垃圾,陳家父子仍照常過個如常的日子,似乎暗喻著他們無力改變生活的困頓,也象徵著社會底層人們最堅毅的生存意志。