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A HOLY FAMILY

神人之家

By Elvis A-Liang LU

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Documentary - Completed 2022

After missing from home for more than 20 years, director Elvis A-Liang Lu travels back to his family in the deep Taiwanese countryside to untangle how gambling, faith and illness have deepened the gaps between him and his relatives and to come to terms with their untold stories.

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Visions du Réel 2022
Compétition Internationale Longs Métrages
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    • Year of production
    • 2022
    • Genres
    • Documentary, Family, Second film
    • Countries
    • TAIWAN, FRANCE
    • Languages
    • TAIWANESE, MANDARIN
    • Duration
    • 88 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Elvis A-Liang LU
    • Producer(s)
    • Stefano CENTINI (VOLOS FILMS LTD.), Jean-Laurent CSINIDIS (FILMS DE FORCE MAJEURE)
    • Synopsis
    • A-Liang (Elvis) Lu (38) is a documentary director living in Taipei. He has been living in the city for twenty years since he left his hometown of Minxiong, a small countryside village in Central Taiwan. When he receives a call from his mother Yu-Chu asking him to help her take a picture for her funeral, A-Liang realizes that he hasn’t much time left to come to terms with the unsaid
      burdens that he has towards his family and decides to go back. At home, he has to deal with his father Bin- Yun, who is addicted to gambling, and his brother Yin-Chi, a temple medium since the age of 12. Relying on the help of gods hasn’t provided him with much luck since his frequent attempts at growing vegetables and fruits have often failed badly. A-Liang’s return to his
      family house brings back the memory of how Bing-Yun’s addiction has put the family in danger several times; however he doesn’t seem to stop even after he is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Can the gods help to bring them back together?
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