Talk: New Auteurs in Taiwan Post-New Wave Cinema: Hou Chi-Jan, Lin Shu-Yu, and Cheng Yu-Chieh
Examining those under-examined ‘new auteurs’ in the post-New Wave Taiwan Cinema
5 November, 2020 2:00 pm
FILMS /
Eurasian Yang-Yang doesn’t speak any French because she has never met her French birth father. She later enters show business. Against her wishes, she is often cast as French. Trapped in the struggles among family, friendship and love, how will she face her inner traumas?
“So, you speak French?” Eurasian Yang-Yang has frequently been asked this question ever since she was little. She always answers it with an awkward smile because neither has she met her French birth father nor does she speak any French. She yearns for a family and her dream seems to come true when her mother remarries. Yet this new family turns out to be a disappointment. After that, nothing, not even some temporary passion, can ease her loneliness. Her quest for love is in vain.
In her pursuit of true intimacy, Yang-Yang is met with an unexpected betrayal, leaving her with no choice but to run away from home and leave her mother. With the assistance of a talent agent, she enters show business and her Caucasian features become her calling card. Against her wishes, she is often cast as French.
Trapped in the struggles among family, friendship and love, how will Yang-Yang face her inner traumas?
Examining those under-examined ‘new auteurs’ in the post-New Wave Taiwan Cinema
5 November, 2020 2:00 pm
An overview of director Cheng Yu-chieh’s work, focusing on his feature films and television series
11 November, 2020 2:00 pm
To close the final series this special Q&A session will give attendees the opportunity to ask questions and discuss with the director
13 November, 2020 2:00 pm
A gripping mystery that puts five strangers and their integrity to the test
9 November, 2020 10:00 am
College student Xiao Chi discovers that adventures can be found in his rural hometown
9 November, 2020 10:00 am
A model student resorts to violence when greed and corruption wreak havoc on his life
9 November, 2020 10:00 am