"Starry Starry Night," Directed by Tom Shu-Yu Lin In his enchanting second feature, "Starry Starry Night," the Taiwanese director Tom Shu-Yu Lin tackles death, divorce, loneliness and first love with the eye of a painter and the heart of a child. From the very first scene - a stunning train station fantasy of swirling snowflakes and arrested time - we're in the emotional world of Mei (Josie Xu), a fanciful 13-year-old facing the death of her beloved grandfather and the impending separation of her unhappy parents. Solace arrives in the form of Jay (Eric Lin Hui Ming), the new kid in town who channels the pain of his troubled home life into mature drawings that shock his teachers and confuse the other students. Not Mei: She knows a kindred soul when she sees one. Based on an illustrated book by Jimmy Liao, "Starry Starry Night" is a visually transcendent fairy tale that wordlessly evokes complex childhood emotions. The jigsaw puzzles of famous paintings that Mei and her parents once loved to do together are now a metaphor for their disintegrating lives, their shiny surfaces reflecting happier times. In one achingly poignant scene, Mei and her mother dance together giddily in a restaurant, the ritual of the steps a sad reminder of a joy left behind. Crammed with color and imagination, every one of Jake Pollock's gorgeously photographed images feels timelessly suspended between innocence and awareness. As Mei and Jay make the magical journey from Taipei to her grandfather's mountain cottage, the spirits of his carved wooden animals gambol protectively alongside. In the days to come, they will need them.