The two girls meet in a vocational training program. Growing up in a poor indigenous family, Chen had to take care of her seven brothers and sisters instead of her mother. Although she misses her mother while being separated from his family, Chen constantly tries to escape her parents′ fate. Pei, living at her boyfriend’s home, has always sought to find hope in love. Pei wants to marry her boyfriend, but he doesn′t seem interested in marriage. However, Pei, who got pregnant, asks herself if she really wants to have a baby. Approaching the age of 18, the two girls become increasingly engulfed by the darkness beneath the surface of their lives. The movie, Turning 18, is about two girls who dream of having a happy family. The story is about giving up, but also about love and courage. Although the background of this film is a remote village in Taiwan, the question the movie asks is global. How can an unloved life find its power? Finding the answer to this question would not be limited to young adults only.