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THE MAN WHO COULDN'T LEAVE

Historical and Documentary | Running Time: 45 minutes

2022 / Mandarin

Country: Taiwan R.O.C.

Directed by: Singing Chen

MENA Premiere

R18

 

Producer
Shih-Ken Lin

Cast
Ju Lin, Sou Gaku, Peijia Huang, Monmon Peng, Chia-Kuei Chen, Li-Li Pan

Scriptwriter
Singing Chen, Yi-An Lou, Hsin-I Lin

Within the walls of the former Green Island prison, political detainee A-Kuen, tells the stories of imprisonment and persecution happened in the 1950s in Taiwan. Among fellow inmates, frozen in time, he recounts his own experiences and those of his friend, A-Ching, who never made it out. Experience the time and place, and the waiting, in hope, for a chance to keep the stories alive. The Man Who Couldn’t Leave integrates the stories of numerous political victims of the White Terror and told through the form of an undelivered family letter. An immersive VR experience of hope, fear and camaraderie.