Completed - MANDARIN (TRADITIONAL) - Drama - 94 minutes
Young boy Han lives in the mountains with his great-grandmother. In rainy days, Han sits in front of the fireplace listening to colorful and mysterious tales. One day he sees an injured and dying sparrow. With sadness, he digs a small cave and buries it.
Year of production : 2019 Director(s) : Shih LI Cast : Yu-Hsia KAO, Yi-Chieh LEE, Shu-Fang CHEN Producer(s) : Chen-lin LAI (Dot Connect Studio), Chun-wei YEN
Young boy Han lives in the mountains with his great grandmother who amuses him with legends about the sparrows in the sky. One day, his mother finally brings him back to the city, but what awaits him is different than what he expected. In his urban home, Han can only watch his mother struggle and suffer as she works as a club hostess and fights endlessly with her abusive boyfriend. Nominated for four prizes at the Golden Bell awards, Shih Li's acute and melancholic drama highlights how the world's a cage for those forced to pass on their pain and helplessness from one generation to another.Shih Li’s WILD SPARROW is a film of radical dichotomies managing to juggle the meditative with the heart-wrenching, all placed against the rural and urban jungles of Taiwan. At its heart, the film is a transgenerational tableau depicting a fragmented family.
Country(ies) : TAIWAN
Chicago International Film Festival 2019 Busan International Film Festival 2019Vancouver International Film Festival 2019Taipei Film Festival 2019 (Winner in Best Actress, Nominated in Best Supporting Actor, Best Music, Best Supporting Actress)Kaohsiung Film Festival 2019Golden Bell Awards 2019 (Nominated in Best Art and Design, Best Sound, Best Directing for a Mini-Series/TV Movie, Best TV Movie)