Taiwan Docs

Lo-Sheng Sanatorium was established in the Japanese colonial age of 1930. It was the first "concentration camp" style leprosy hospital that isolated patients from the real world in Taiwan. In 1994, the sanatorium location was sold to the Ministry of Rapid Transit Systems as a maintenance factory which forced the sanatorium to relocate.

The once isolated but peaceful patients were like the "stamp of god's ill sentence". In addition to fighting their illness, they had to withstand the prejudice and moral judgement from the society. Notwithstanding, there were still selective few who chose to confront their physical suffering and the heavy machinery (to tear down the building). They faced their destiny with dignity.

This is a film that documented the story of these patients' lives during that period of hardship and how they had to fight for their rights and to keep the place they called "home".