7 Days in Heaven
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A dark and poetic comedy, 7 Days in Heaven centers on one woman's experience of the death and funeral of her father. Mei, resolutely urban, makes her way back to her rural hometown, where she and her brother endure a series of arcane and elaborate funeral rites. Their frustrations are frequently pun...(Read more)
A dark and poetic comedy, 7 Days in Heaven centers on one woman's experience of the death and funeral of her father. Mei, resolutely urban, makes her way back to her rural hometown, where she and her brother endure a series of arcane and elaborate funeral rites. Their frustrations are frequently punctuated by genuine feelings of loss. Co-directors WANG Yu-Lin and Essay LIU (who also wrote the screenplay based on her prose piece of the same title) deliver a film that assumes a lighthearted approach to its otherwise severe themes of death and grief. Emotionally complex and often ironic, the film investigates the turbulent spectrum of emotions associated with the passing of a loved one and the vagaries of modern-day death with a humorous touch that is both direct and heartfelt.
DVD source：Taiwan Cinema Toolkit, Ministry of Culture, R.O.C.
| Chinese title： | 父後七日 |
| Year： | 2010 |
| Director： | Essay LIU WANG Yu-Lin |
| Duration： | 92min |
| Length： | Feature |
| Category： | Fiction |
| Genre： | Drama |
| Theme： | Cultural Conflict、Literature |
| Color： | Color |
| Format： | DVD |
| Sound： | Dolby |
| Language： | Mandarin, Taiwanese |
| Subtitle： | English |
| Producer： | WANG Yu-Lin |
| Actors： | WANG Li-Wen、CHEN Cha-Shiang |
| Screenplay： | Essay LIU |
Camera： |
FU Shih-Ying |
| Editor： | WANG Yu-Lin |
| Excluded for public screenings： | Licensed to all regions except: Taiwan, China (not including Hong Kong, Macau), Japan, Singapore |
| Royalty period： | 2015-2021 |
| Licensing contact： | The film is for non-profit screening only. Email: seattlecurse@gmail.com |
| Festival list： | 2010 Hong Kong International Film Festival 2010 Cinema Digital Seoul Film Festival, Asian Competition 2010 Vancouver International Film Festival 2010 Golden Horse Awards, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor 2010 Taipei Film Awards, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress |
