THE MAN WHO COULDN’T LEAVE

By Singing CHEN

DIVERSION CINEMA - as SALES / DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD

Experimental - Completed 2022

Within the walls of the former Green Island prison, political detainee A-Kuen, tells the stories of imprisonment and persecution that happened in the 1950s in Taiwan.

    • Year of production
    • 2022
    • Genres
    • Experimental, Historical
    • Countries
    • TAIWAN
    • Duration
    • 35 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Singing CHEN
    • Synopsis
    • Within the walls of the former Green Island prison, political detainee A-Kuen, tells the stories of imprisonment and persecution that happened in the 1950s in Taiwan. Among fellow inmates, frozen in time, he recounts his own experiences and those of his friend, A-Ching, who never made it out. Experience the time and place, and the waiting, in hope, for a chance to keep the stories alive.