July 2 - 10, 2010
Lu Yi-Ching, Chang Chea, Miao Tien
A municipal park has been reopened in the Taiwanese capital, however, two thirds of it are surrounded by an iron wall. Only a small patch in the middle is reserved for children who play on the climbing frames and the swings. Their parents are keeping an eye on them and it seems as if no harm can come to anyone here. Despite this, a 3-year-old boy disappears from the park, whose grandmother went off to the toilet for a few minutes. The desperate woman searches the whole area, she alerts the park attendant and the police, but to no avail. Her grandson seems to have disappeared into the ground. Just like the old man who was last seen on a walk in the city park: his grandson vainly searches for him in the evening... In many Taiwanese films Taipei is described as the "city of spirits". Between the lines of this story "about the inability to see", director Lee Kang-sheng also points to decaying family relationships in Taiwanese families. People live in their own enclosed worlds; they are unable to communicate with other members of the family and traditional strong ties are disintegrating...
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