ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE 不即不離 (2016)

TAIWAN｜2016｜DOCUMENTARY｜90 min

DIRECTOR:LAU KEK HUAT

PRODUCER:Stefano Centini

PRESENTED BY:Hummingbird Production Co. Ltd

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2017 Berlinale Talent (director)

2016 Audience Choice Award of the 27th Singapore International Film Festival

2016 Selected for International Competition Wide Angle of BUSAN International Film Festival 

2016 Selected for Taipei Film Festival 

2016 Selected for Kaohsiung Film Festival

 

SYNOPSIS

This story begins with a man’s portrait hanging in my family home in Malaysia. The identity of this man has always been a taboo, until one day I discovered it was my grandfather, whose identity was hidden from me because he was a member of the Malaysian Communist Party. This is a journey to discover the secret history of my country through the eyes of my grandfather.

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​中文大綱

2016釜山影展超廣角紀錄片競賽單元，2016台北電影節，2016高雄電影節。廖克發、諶靜蓮執導，從家庭問題開始，展開一趟國族歷史的認識之旅。來自馬來西亞的導演廖克發，為了探尋生命中缺席的祖父，拼湊出原生家庭的完整面貌，進而踏入馬來西亞近代歷史的溯流之中，找尋彷彿遺失的過去。
 

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SALES  & SCREENING CONTACT

Sin Wang

E-mail: ivymavis@gmail.com

Tel.: +886-2-7730-2648 ext.305

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