Island Etude

Description: A Taiwanese film that effectively shows the beauty of Taiwan Taiwan s official entry to the Academy Awards is definitely more worthy than its substitute status When looking back to the summer of 2007 Island Etude may be remembered as the directorial debut of famed cinematographer En Chen who worked on Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao Hsien s classics City of Sadness and Good Men Good Women or as the highest grossing Taiwanese film of the year However Ang Lee s Lust Caution then came along and changed everything not only did the espionage drama take over as Taiwan s highest grossing Chinese film of the year it got rejected by the Academy Awards for not being Taiwanese enough leaving Island Etude to become Taiwan s official entry to the 2008 Oscars Despite its substitute status Island Etude is actually the perfect choice to represent the island nation it s a beautifully shot homage to the island s people its sights and the sport of bicycle riding that is thankfully free of any political views or pretentious art house technique First time actor Tung Ming Hsiang plays Ming a young college student whose lifelong hearing problem causes him to communicate via slurred speech Carrying a guitar on his back and lacking few concrete reasons he decides to bike around the island of Taiwan by himself months before his college graduation

Country:  Taiwanese

Released: 2006

Genre: Drama

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