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Synopsis
On
the afternoon of Independence Day, 1996, a Taiwanese
American boy, Felix, posted a puzzling notice on the
door of his bedroom. Three hours later, he ended his own
life. Devastated by the tragedy, his father, Dr. Wen,
left Iowa City, his home of twenty years, and moved to
Miami, where the sunny, warm climate and the passage of
time seem to have distanced him somewhat from the
traumatic experience. But his grief persists. Six years
later, Sebastian, a cancer patient from Peru, came to
receive treatment from him and brought alternative
perspectives on life. This film focuses on the
transience, conflicts, and mysteriousness of life
through the stories of two adolescents of the same age.
Director’s Biography
Mong-Hong
Chung
was born in Pingtung, Taiwan, in 1965. He received his
B.S. in Computer Engineering from the National
Chiao Tung University in Taiwan, and his M.F.A. in
filmmaking from the School
of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1993. His three
short films—Escape,
Exorcism, Festival—have been awarded the Golden
Glean Prize by the Government Information Office in
Taiwan, and his screenplay for the feature film, The
Trio, won another award from the Government
Information Office. From 1997 to the present, Chung has
been directing over one hundred TV commercials.
Recently, his film for the ACAP campaign (Active
Conservation Awareness Program) has been awarded the
Golden Prize by the 4A Free Creativity Media in Taiwan.
In 2003, his MV for the pop singer Chi-Chen Chen’s
album Lying in
Your Closet was nominated by the Golden Music
Festival, Taiwan. Doctor
is his first documentary film and is recently nominated
by the Taipei Film Festival of 2006.
Director’s Filmography
Short
films
1993
Escape, 16mm, b/w, 30 minutes, Golden Glean Award, Taiwan.
1993
Exorcism,
16mm, b/w, 8 minutes, Golden Glean Award, Taiwan.
1994
Festival,
16mm, b/w, 16 minutes, Government Information
Office Grant and Golden Glean Award, Taiwan.
Screenplay
1993
The
Trio,
Government Information Office Screenplay Award, Taiwan.
Feature-length
documentary
2006
Doctor, 35mm, b/w, 92 minutes, Government Information
Office Feature-Length Film Grant. |
