Taiwan｜2023｜Colour｜15min | Mandarin | digital shorts | drama, family
As we grow, we come to understand that, sometimes,
the gentlest way to love is found in the truths
we quietly hold back.
Synopsis
The day when her long-gone father suddenly reappears, Hui and her sister spent the happiest hours with him. However, when father announces that all of them are setting off on an abroad journey, Hui knows she’s forced to reveal the truth about her father’s mental illness.
Director Biography – I Hui Lee
A brief enrollment at the Film Department at Columbia University after graduating from National Taiwan University, where I-hui Lee got her BA degree in History, she shot her first fiction, The Menarche (2019), and was selected to Hawaii International Film Festival in the short film category. Her work concerns human ethics, time and memory relating to social class and gender.
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Written & Directed by I Hui Lee
Co-Writer | Jia-Wei Wu
Starring
Yu-Fei Lai (Hui Yu)
Ko-Chin Chen (Vincent Yu)
Yu-Mo Liao (Jing Yu)
Special Appearance : Yi-Chiao Liao(Ying Chen)
Produce by Estela Valdivieso Chen
Producer | Hazel Wu
Director of Photography | Ai Chung
Editor | Nick Vaky, Meng-Hsin Tsai
Costume Design Director | Ya Chen Lai
Music | Yi-Chun Tsai
Sound Editor | Hyphen Sound Studio, Hyphen Lu, Pinky Chan
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