The Losers
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Hsiou-tsai is an amateur actor in Taipei, who chooses to go back to his hometown Meinong and work on the family farm due to his financial burdens. However, on his return, he finds out that the land has been speculated, and farms altered into villas. In the most extravagant one lives Mei-hsia, whose ...(Read more)
Hsiou-tsai is an amateur actor in Taipei, who chooses to go back to his hometown Meinong and work on the family farm due to his financial burdens. However, on his return, he finds out that the land has been speculated, and farms altered into villas. In the most extravagant one lives Mei-hsia, whose husband has left her alone at home to take care of their rebellious son A-Pan-a. After Mei-hsia and Hsiou-tsai meet again, their relationship starts to change. In this historical Hakka settlement, how can one find a solution for the spread of modern dilemmas?
LOU’s work is mainly concerned with social issues and the lower classes. The Losers squarely attacks modern issues of land development, farm village dilapidation, drug abuse, and foreign spouses, depicting the cruel fate that marginal and lower class people struggle to avoid amidst the disparity between the urban rich and the rural poor.
DVD source：Taiwan Cinema Toolkit, Ministry of Culture, R.O.C.
| Chinese title： | 廢物 |
| Year： | 2014 |
| Director： | LOU Yi-An |
| Duration： | 112min |
| Length： | Feature |
| Category： | Fiction |
| Genre： | Drama |
| Theme： | The City、The Environment |
| Color： | Color |
| Format： | DVD |
| Sound： | Dolby |
| Language： | Mandarin, Hakka |
| Subtitle： | Chinese, English |
| Producer： | YE Zhen-xing |
| Actors： | HSU Hua-chuien, Paicx YATAUYUNGANA, PAN Chin-yu, CHIU Su-Chin |
| Screenplay： | LOU Yi-an, Sylvie TANG |
Camera： |
HAN Ji Xuan |
| Editor： | CHEN Hsiao-Tung, LOU Yi-an |
| Music： | LIN Sheng Xiang, Ken OHTAKE |
| Excluded for public screenings： | Licensed to all regions except: Taiwan, China(not including Macau), Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Brunei, Thailand, Cambodia, Nepal, Laos, Sri Lanka, Myanmar |
| Royalty period： | 2016–2018 |
| Licensing contact： | This license of non-profit screenings has expired in 2018. Regarding conditions for screening, please contact: |
| Festival list： | 2014 Hong Kong International Film Festival 2014 Fukuoka Asian Film Festival, Grand Prix 2014 Singapore Film Festival |
