City of Memories
Country:
- Taiwan
- BETACAM
- Family
- Medicine
- Generation
- Youth
- Senior
Synopsis
The film depicts the life of elderly people living in a nursing home and illustrates the friendship and interaction between these seniors and their longing for the companionship of their family. Other than capturing the life of these elderly people, the subjects’ love story and marital experience will also be the focus of the film. The age group of these people is between 70 and 90. They have lived through the turmoil of war. With their background and the history of the political situations in Taiwan, the film attempts to describe the ongoing love story and fate of these women to add a moving emotion to the film. This film is the third of Lee's tetralogy of "The Realm of Womenhood".
Source: Taiwan Int'l Documentary Festival
http://tidf2008.tidf.org.tw/2008/ch/programone.php?&uid=42&fcid=2
Director Statement
"The film focuses on a couple of grandmothers reminiscing about their love and home life pre-nursing home, which corresponds to the topic my long-time research, family and marriage, and my interest in the positions of women and elderly in the society. The film uses various metaphorical shots through the iron bar windows and fences to show these residents’ repressed emotions. I hope that this film will make us all become much more aware of the rights and the dignity of the elderly." - Lee Ching-Hui
Source: Taiwan Int'l Documentary Festival
http://tidf2008.tidf.org.tw/2008/ch/programone.php?&uid=42&fcid=2
Festivals & Awards
2007 Taiwan International Ethnographic Film Festival
2007 Taiwan International Ethnographic Film Festival
2008 Taipei Film Festival
2008 Women Make Waves Film Festival
2008 Taiwna International Documentary Festival
2008 South Taiwan Film Festival - Best Documentary
2008 Local Voice Film Festival - Special Mention
2008 Taipei Film Festival
2008 Women Make Waves Film Festival
2008 Taiwna International Documentary Festival
2008 South Taiwan Film Festival
2008 Local Voice Film Festival
Team
- Director
- Producer