Director: Chang Tso-chi
Script: Chang Tso-chi
Cinematographer: Chang Chen
Editor: Chang Tso-chi
Sound: Chang Chao-min
Music: Thio Hugo-Panduptra
Cast: Tseng Yi-che, Chen Pei-chun, Cheng Yu-jen, Chan Cheng-yun, Tsai Chieh-de, Hsie Yueh-hsia
Production: Chang Tso-chi Film Studio ([email protected]), CMC Entertainment
Year: 2008
35 mm, Colour, 122 min,
OV Mandarin with French Subtitles
Berlin Film Festival 2008 - Panorama
Unreleased
With kind support of the Taipei Representative Office in France and GIO
Che went to prison for his brother, Ren, who stabbed to death the son of Shun, the local gangster boss. While Chen served three years in prison, Ren fled to Japan. When he was in Japan, Ren lived with his father, who left the family a long time ago. On his release, Che return to the little coastal town Nanfangoa where he grew up. No sooner does Che arrive than he discovers that his father, Chang, has returned after having spent twenty years in Japan; his brother, Ren has also come back. Chang has some unfinished business with Sun. Che embarks on a journey with an ex-girlfriend who has not spoken since experiencing a certain traumatic event. They travel to the island of Lanyu where Che’s mother is buried. Che’s mother was an islander; she was never able to get over her husband leaving her.
