A Time in Quchi (Shu jia zuo ye – æš‘å‡ä½œä¸š)
German title: Shu jia zuo ye (Sommerschule)
Francaise title: Un été à Quchi
Spain title: Shu jia zuo ye
Russian title: Время в Цюйчи
Original title: Shu jia zuo ye – æš‘å‡ä½œä¸š
Youth movie – Taiwan
Production year: 2012
Movie length: 109 minutes
Director: Tso-chi Chang
Writer: Tso-chi Chang
Cinematograph: Jacky Chen, Chih-chun Shu, Ching-kuo Yuan
Music: Rui-ran Wu
Movie description:
Young teen Bao and (a bit later) his kid sister Seaweed are parked with their recently bereaved grandpa in Quchi while their parents plan a divorce. Bao makes a new aboriginal friend on the basketball court and then loses him in an accident, but there are no sexed-up dramas. Thanks to Chang’s masterly direction, none of the main strands of plot – urban/rural dislocation, the generation gap, comparisons between grandpa’s disintegrating family and the impoverished-but-close family next door – plays out quite as you might expect.
At the end of the school semester, Bao is sent to Quchi to be with his recently widowed grandfather because his parents are considering a divorce. Depressed and sullen, he has to transfer to a small elementary school where he discovers that he shares the nickname, »Bear«, with a girl in his class. She lives with her brother, sister and grandmother who makes a living by collecting and selling recyclable trash. But even if her family is poor, she is content with her life. Bao also becomes friends with Mingchuan, an aboriginal Taiwanese kid who’s secretly in love with Bear. These two friendships brighten Bao’s life during this time of parental distress and allow him to rethink his views on existence.
Boy Actors
Yang Liang-yu(Bao, 12 years old)
Year of birth: 2001
Age of the actor:
approximately 11 years old
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