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Completed - MANDARIN, TAIWANESE - Drama, First film - 108 minutes

Log Line

A 17-year-old high school boy witnesses the romance and heartbreak around him, delivering love letters and secretly reading them.




Previous markets

  • Busan 2012 (Premiere)
  • AFM 2012 (Line up)
  • Berlin EFM 2013 (Screening)
  • Cannes 2013 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2012

Director(s) : Chao-Jen HSU
 Cast : Kenny BEE, Lieh LEE, Sonia SUI

 Producer(s) : Tawu LIU

Synopsis

Do you still remember being a 17-year-old?
Everyone around Xiao Yang, a 17-year-old high school boy, keeps secrets and suffers from heartbreak. His father runs a print shop and meets a girl next door, Li who is about to get married soon. Meantime, his shopkeeper mother gets close to her neighbor tailor, Shian. Yang tries to set up a date for his sister Lang who just got dumped. Also, Yang needs to cover his friend Mao who has a lovers’ quarrel to girlfriend Tian. As the only one who’s alone, Yang quietly witnesses the romances from a distance and secretly reads those love letters he helps deliver…

Production

Country(ies) : TAIWAN

Festivals and Awards

Busan - BIFF/APM 2012 New currents
Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2013 Forum


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