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Island Etude (2006)
Lian xi qu (original title)

108 min  -  Drama   -  27 April 2007 (Taiwan)
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Travelling is always the best way to encounter true stories. Ming-Hsang, a deaf, decided to cycle around Taiwan before graduating from the college... See full summary »

Director:

Huai-en Chen

Writer:

Huai-en Chen
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Cast

Credited cast:
Ming-hsiang Tung Ming-hsiang Tung ...
Ming
Danny Deng Danny Deng ...
The Director (as An-ning Teng)
Saya Saya ...
The Maiden Sayon - in dream sequence (as Hwei-chun Chang)
Teng-te Huang Teng-te Huang
Darren Darren ...
A-Chun (as Chun-jui Chiang)
Hsiu-hui Chen Hsiu-hui Chen ...
A-Chun's Mother
Ruta Palionyte Ruta Palionyte ...
Ruta - The Lithuanian
Chao-hsin Lin Chao-hsin Lin
Hsiao-shun Hsu Hsiao-shun Hsu ...
Husband
Jui-li Hung Jui-li Hung ...
Wife
Lai-Yin Yang Lai-Yin Yang ...
Teacher Liu
Nien-Jen Wu Nien-Jen Wu ...
Tour Bus Driver
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chien-ho Wang Chien-ho Wang
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Storyline

Travelling is always the best way to encounter true stories. Ming-Hsang, a deaf, decided to cycle around Taiwan before graduating from the college. This film, lasting for 100 minutes, documents his trip which lasted 7 days and 6 nights. He camped at the beach of Tai-Ma-Li on the first evening, playing guitar. Although he has hearing problems, he is still very much interested in sounds. The next morning, he followed Tai-11 highway. He met a group of people filming MV at the east coastline. They also film him. The third day, he was on the Su-Hua highway, a highway notoriously difficult to conquer for cyclists. He met a Lithuanian girl at Han-Ben railway station. She missed the train to Hua-Lien. He helped her to get on her train by communication with her by pens and papers. Written by Yuwei Lin  

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Beach | Taiwan | Deaf | Guitar | Traveling  | See more »

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Country:

Taiwan

Language:

Mandarin | Lithuanian

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Filming Locations:

Taiwan

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Trivia

The film was the official representative of Taiwan to the 80th Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category. Taiwan's national Film Board has originally selected Lust, Caution to represent the island, but when that film was disqualified on a technicality, Taiwan was given a matter of hours to select a new film - and they went with "Island Etude". See more »