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The Inspired Island: Unfulfilled Dreams (2020)
Directed by Chu Tien-wen
Documentary · 1h 55m
Chu Tien-Wen, frequent screenwriter for Hou Hsiao-Hsien, makes her directorial debut with this entry in The Inspired Island documentary series. With Hou as producer, cinematographer Yao Hung-I and editor Liao ChingSung, Chu takes a deep dive into the story of her parents, famed authors Chu Hsi-Ning and Liu Mu-Sha. Through family albums, old letters and interviews with fellow writers, Chu crafts a deeply personal portrait of her parents’ romance, literary careers, family roots and the unfinished opus her father left behind.
Cast
Chu Tien-wen
Crew
- Director
- Chu Tien-wen
- Editor
- Liao Ching-sung
- Producer
- Hou Hsiao-hsien
Details
- Original title
- 他們在島嶼寫作：願未央
- Release date
- 2020-11-07
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- ZH
- Spoken languages
- Mandarin
- Countries
- Taiwan
- Production
- Fisfisa Media Co.