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Lian xi qu

  • 20062006
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 48m
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Lian xi qu (2006)
Trailer for film documenting the bicycle trip of a deaf man from Taiwan
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A deaf man decided to cycle around Taiwan before graduating from college.A deaf man decided to cycle around Taiwan before graduating from college.A deaf man decided to cycle around Taiwan before graduating from college.
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
623
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POPULARITY
220,875
11,096
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    • Director
      • Huai-En Chen
    • Writer
      • Huai-En Chen
    • Stars
      • Ming-hsiang Tung
      • Danny Deng
      • Saya Chang
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    • Director
      • Huai-En Chen
    • Writer
      • Huai-En Chen
    • Stars
      • Ming-hsiang Tung
      • Danny Deng
      • Saya Chang
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    • 6User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 3 nominations

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    Ming-hsiang Tung
    Ming-hsiang Tung
    • Ming
    Danny Deng
    Danny Deng
    • The Director
    • (as An-ning Teng)
    Saya Chang
    Saya Chang
    • The Maiden Sayon - in dream sequence
    • (as Hwei-chun Chang)
    Tender Huang
    Tender Huang
      Darren
      • A-Chun
      • (as Chun-jui Chiang)
      Hsiu-Hui Chen
      • A-Chun's Mother
      Ruta Palionyte
      • Ruta - The Lithuanian
      Chao-hsin Lin
      Hsiao-shun Hsu
      Hsiao-shun Hsu
      • Husband
      Sean Hung
      • Wife
      Li-Yin Yang
      Li-Yin Yang
      • Teacher Liu
      Nien-Jen Wu
      Nien-Jen Wu
      • Tour Bus Driver
      Bamboo Chu-Sheng Chen
      Bamboo Chu-Sheng Chen
      Chien-Ho Huang
        Liou Hung
        Ming-Wei Kao
        Ming-Wei Kao
        Yung-Feng Lee
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        Parangalan
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            • Huai-En Chen
          • Writer
            • Huai-En Chen
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            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 (2007) 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".

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          A movie that makes you want to experience life
          "Island Etude" isn't a movie with a traditional plot/conflict/resolution like we've come to expect from cinema. The setup is that a young man is riding his bike around the island of Taiwan, and that's where it leaves off. What follows is a series of wonderfully shot vignettes of his 7 days and 6 nights en route, meeting interesting characters, immersing himself in overlooked culture, and the real payoff: soaking in the majestic sights of land and sea as only one can experience alone. So while this film won't exactly give you a dramatic firestorm of "Amadeus" proportions, it'll certainly deliver some quiet, poetic moments that may just change your life.

          Our cyclist Ming-Hsang is a young loner, alienated from society by his hearing & speech disability, who embarks on this 1200km (800mi) journey, roughly the distance from New York City to Chicago on bike. The people he meets are always welcoming, hospitable and friendly, without any malice or heavy drama. But, much like with real life travel, we can still enjoy the ride meeting odd characters, even if there aren't any chainsaw-wielding madmen or bank robberies to spice up the pot.

          The people he meets include: an aspiring surrealist filmmaker, a fellow cyclist with humorous family gripes, a mysterious European supermodel, a married couple playfully bickering about ex-girlfriends, a somber grade school teacher being forced to retire, and a bizarre busload of jolly old ladies protesting economic hardships, and maybe a juvenile delinquent or two. The cross section gives us a good slice of Taiwanese culture and political issues without beating any particular agenda over our heads. Ming-Hsang remains politically and emotionally neutral, like a stranger in his own country, with the exception being one powerful moment of emotion which I won't ruin for you.

          That's where my review ends because there are really no words for this unique experience. All I can say is, as my title suggests, this is the sort of film that makes you want to experience life, whether it's on a bike, in some exotic location or maybe just in your own hometown appreciating the things you've never had the presence of mind to appreciate.

          There aren't many films like this, but when they do come along they are very memorable. Along with "Island Etude" I recommend "In the City of Sylvia" (about a young man who returns to a sleepy European city in search of a stranger he met six years earlier), "A Scene at the Sea" (Japanese master Takeshi Kitano's excellent, almost-silent directing debut about a deaf surfer) and my favorite traveller film, "Lisbon Story" (Wim Wenders whimsical and hauntingly musical story of a man trying to track down a lost friend in Lisbon). These films will never be Hollywood crowd pleasers, but for those times when nothing else satisfies your wanderlust, they're just what the doctor ordered.
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          • Release date
            • April 27, 2007 (Taiwan)
          • Country of origin
            • Taiwan
          • Languages
            • Mandarin
            • Min Nan
            • Lithuanian
          • Also known as
            • Island Etude
          • Filming locations
            • Taiwan
          • Production company
            • Zoom Hunt International Productions
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          • Gross worldwide
            • $268,145
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          • Runtime
            1 hour 48 minutes
          • Color
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