In 'Searching for Sylvie Lee,' we are drawn into the intricate web of a Chinese immigrant family as they grapple with the mysterious disappearance of Sylvie Lee, the beautiful, brilliant elder daughter. The Lee family, having struggled with their move to America, revolves around Sylvie, who was raised in the Netherlands before rejoining her family. When Sylvie travels for one final visit to her dying grandmother and then suddenly vanishes, her shy, younger sister Amy steps out of her comfort zone to find her. Amy embarks on a journey that takes her across the world, only to uncover earth-shattering family secrets and a deeper understanding of the unspoken pains of her family, rooted in cultural and linguistic gaps. As Amy delves into Sylvie's past, she learns valuable truths about love, loss, and the complexities of identity within an immigrant family's dynamic, shedding light on their unbreakable bonds and the haunting reality that one can never fully know the people closest to them.