Island Etude |
Feature Film: Island Etude Director: En Chen Cast: Ming-hsiang Tung, Saya, Li-Yin Yang Running Time: 108 mins Certification: Advise ’15’ |
Synopsis:
In this beautiful homage to the island’s people, its sights, and the sport of bicycling, a hearing-impaired college student decides to take a bicycle trip around Taiwan. Starting from the southern city of Kaohsiung with a pack and guitar on his back, he follows the coastline, encountering both friendship and hardship on his seven-day trip. From a film crew to a lost foreign biker to a woman off to see her grandmother, he meets many interesting people on the road, opening his eyes to himself and the island he calls home.
Official website: http://www.wretch.cc/blog/EtudeBike
劇情簡介:
大學就要畢業的明相騎上自行車，獨自一人展開七天六夜的單車環島旅程。逆時針的環島路線，東岸到西岸的逆風行，一路所遇見的人與景，交織相扣，譜出生命的和弦。
他遇到了藉由影像製造夢想的工作者，專心一意的，想將太平洋的風捕捉入鏡；在花蓮海邊遇見來自立陶宛的年輕女孩，她說她的國家沒有山……；旅程中寂寞的時 候，他在海邊彈著吉他，伴著月色和海潮聲，以大地為床，就地而眠；肚子餓的時候，和租遊覽車一邊抗議工廠倒閉一邊旅遊的工廠女工分享便當；疲累的時候，他 停駐外公外婆家，一聲「阿公阿嬤」喚起許多人的童年往事和遺忘已久的血肉親情……。
回到高雄，旅程結束，回憶卻正要開始。12段精彩的偶遇，是明相難以忘懷的生命滋味。停好一路相隨的單車，打開電腦，拿起吉他，明相輕輕地彈奏起屬於他的生命練習曲……。
官方網站: http://www.wretch.cc/blog/EtudeBike
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