A Breath from the Bottom
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The National Land and Water Resource Conference is taking place. The President is on his way. Security guard, A-Ho, in line for promotion, is trying all he can to avoid any disorder, keeping his watchful eyes on the demonstrators outside the venue. However, there is a familiar face among the protest...(Read more)
The National Land and Water Resource Conference is taking place. The President is on his way. Security guard, A-Ho, in line for promotion, is trying all he can to avoid any disorder, keeping his watchful eyes on the demonstrators outside the venue. However, there is a familiar face among the protesting crowd: A-Ho’s father, an old famer and an angry activist. He struggles his way into the conference with other protesters, vehemently expressing their opposition against the government’s policy that endangers their livelihood…
Dynamically shot in journalistic black-and-white, this dramatic and realistic political film both echoes the waves of activism that shook the nation in recent years, and portrays an intense, emotional father-son conflict.
DVD source：Taiwan Cinema Toolkit, Ministry of Culture, R.O.C.
| Chinese title： | 狀況排除 |
| Year： | 2012 |
| Director： | CHAN Ching-Lin |
| Duration： | 42min |
| Length： | Short |
| Category： | Fiction |
| Genre： | Drama |
| Theme： | Society |
| Color： | B & W |
| Format： | DVD |
| Sound： | Stereo |
| Language： | Mandarin, Taiwanese |
| Subtitle： | Chinese, English |
| Producer： | CHAN Ching-Lin, LU Chia-Chi |
| Actors： | KAO Ying-Hsuan, TSAI Ming-Hsiu |
| Screenplay： | CHAN Ching-Lin |
| Excluded for public screenings： | Licensed to all regions except: Taiwan, China (not including Hong Kong, Macau) |
| Royalty period： | Unlimited |
| Licensing contact： | The film is for non-profit screening only. Email:chinglin.chan@gmail.com |
| Festival list： | 2013 International Film Festival Rotterdam 2013 Taipei Film Awards, Best Supporting Actor, Best Director 2013 Golden Horse Awards, nominated for Best Short Film |
