Stone Dream
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In 1965, director CHEN Yao-Chi made Liu Pi-Chia, Taiwan’s first observational documentary. Its eponymous character was a farmer press-ganged into the KMT forces during the Chinese Civil War, ending up in Taiwan with CHIANG Kai-Shek's government in exile. Along with other ex-soldiers, he diligently c...(Read more)
In 1965, director CHEN Yao-Chi made Liu Pi-Chia, Taiwan’s first observational documentary. Its eponymous character was a farmer press-ganged into the KMT forces during the Chinese Civil War, ending up in Taiwan with CHIANG Kai-Shek's government in exile. Along with other ex-soldiers, he diligently cultivated the rock-strewn banks of the Mukua River in eastern Taiwan. Decades later, he is filmed again by director HU Tai-Li, after she coincidentally found him during her anthropological research on retired veterans. She records the daily life of him and his family, portraying the complex ethnic relationships in Taiwan, where many mainland immigrants married native Taiwanese women. The title refers to the stones along the riverbank, which not only constitute the beautiful landscape, but symbolize the resilience and inner beauty of the characters in this film.
DVD source：Taiwan Cinema Toolkit, Ministry of Culture, R.O.C.
| Chinese title： | 石頭夢 |
| Year： | 2004 |
| Director： | HU Tai-Li |
| Duration： | 79min |
| Length： | Feature |
| Category： | Documentary |
| Theme： | Cultural Conflict、History |
| Color： | Color |
| Format： | DVD |
| Sound： | Stereo |
| Language： | Mandarin, Taiwanese |
| Subtitle： | Chinese, English |
| Producer： | HU Tai-Li |
Camera： |
LEE Jong-Wang |
| Editor： | CHEN Po-Wen, LIU Chun-Hsiu |
| Royalty period： | 2015-2017 |
| Licensing contact： | HU Tai-Li Email: taili@gate.sinica.edu.tw |
| Festival list： | 2004 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, nominated for Best Feature-Length Documentary 2004 Golden Horse Awards, nominated for Best Documentary, Best Film Editing 2004 Golden Harvest Awards, Merit Award |
