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Island Etude
''Island Etude'' () is a 2006 Cinema of Taiwan, Taiwanese film Film director, directed by Chen Hwai-en. It was Taiwan's submission to the 80th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. Plot A film about a hearing impaired college student who grabs his bike, backpack, and guitar and goes on a 7-day, 6-night Taiwan Cycling Route No.1#Bicycle culture in Taiwan, round-the-island tour. On the way he discovers the natural and cultural beauty of Taiwan and during his encounters with different people he is exposed to local arts, folk customs, approaches to environmental protection, traditional family values, and a host of other cultural enlightenments. Cast *Tung Ming-hsiang as Ming *Teng An-ning as film director *Yuen-lun as Canadian biker *Chen Hsiu-hui as Canadian biker's mother *Ruta Palionyte as Lithuanian model *Yang Li-yin as Teacher Liu *Wu Nien-jen as Your Guide Wu See also *Cinema of Taiwan *List of submissions to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Hwai-en
Chen Hwai-en (; born 1959) is a Taiwanese film director and cinematographer. He began working with Hou Hsiao-hsien in 1983, as a script supervisor. Chen's debut feature film ''Island Etude'' (2006) was shown at the Taipei Film Festival, and served as Taiwan's submission to the 80th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film after ''Lust, Caution'' was rejected. A few of Chen's documentaries have been funded by entrepreneur Tung Tsu-hsien, namely ''The Untrammeled Traveler'' (2011) about writer Yu Kuang-chung, and ''Man-fei'' (2017), titled for its subject, choreographer Lo Man-fei. References External links * * 1959 births Living people Taiwanese Buddhists Taiwanese film directors Taiwanese documentary film directors Taiwanese cinematographers Script supervisors {{Taiwan-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |