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Our Times

Our Times

2DCS/ES12
Director:Chen Yu-shan
Cast:Vivian Sung, Darren Wang, Dino Lee
Premiere:7. December 2021
Length:134 minutes
Genre:Romantic, Comedy

Director: Chen Yu-shan  •  Cast: Vivian Sung, Darren Wang, Dino Lee

Since one of the festival sections is dedicated to Taiwanese women filmmakers, TV veteran Frankie Chen could hardly go unmentioned. Our Times was her directorial debut, but she had already worked on more than a dozen vastly successful television dramas. In cooperation with screenplay writer Sabrina Tseng, they took their changes on the big screen and once again succeeded. In our selection she represents a versatile female author who has established herself in Taiwanese culture across various formats and media. In Our Times she introduces the story of Lin, an unhappy girl who often buries herself in memories in a quest to get away from the present. The issue of escapism plays a central part in this comedy-drama, but it, at the same time, unfolds an emotional search for a long-lost love. The narrative takes place in two time lines that complement each other and each has its own rhythm, whereas the narrative taking place in the past makes great use of the aesthetic of the 1990’s.

The screening of this film is followed by a short documentary film Yilan, a Taste of Home (18 min).

Length: 134 min

Year: 2015
Local premiere date: 7. December 2021
World premiere date: 13. August 2015

Country of origin:

  • Taiwan

Director: Chen Yu-shan  •  Cast: Vivian Sung, Darren Wang, Dino Lee

Since one of the festival sections is dedicated to Taiwanese women filmmakers, TV veteran Frankie Chen could hardly go unmentioned. Our Times was her directorial debut, but she had already worked on more than a dozen vastly successful television dramas. In cooperation with screenplay writer Sabrina Tseng, they took their changes on the big screen and once again succeeded. In our selection she represents a versatile female author who has established herself in Taiwanese culture across various formats and media. In Our Times she introduces the story of Lin, an unhappy girl who often buries herself in memories in a quest to get away from the present. The issue of escapism plays a central part in this comedy-drama, but it, at the same time, unfolds an emotional search for a long-lost love. The narrative takes place in two time lines that complement each other and each has its own rhythm, whereas the narrative taking place in the past makes great use of the aesthetic of the 1990’s.

The screening of this film is followed by a short documentary film Yilan, a Taste of Home (18 min).

Year: 2015
Local premiere date: 7. December 2021
World premiere date: 13. August 2015

Country of origin:

  • Taiwan