Springtime

2013

RUN TIME  |  13:16

Directed by Erica Liu

Produced by Yu-Chen Houng, Parry Shao and Ling Liu

Cinematography by John Paul Su

Edited by Erica Liu

STARRING Huang Tsai Yu Chu

Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, Palm Springs International Shorts Fest, DC Shorts Fest, Heartland Film Festival – Crystal Heart Award, Jameson Dublin International Film Festival, NYU Tisch First Run Film Festival – Second Prize

Xiao Zhu is an 86-year-old pork sung maker in rural Chia-Yi, Taiwan. Her “answering machine son” won’t return her calls and she yearns for change and adventure. So, one day, she packs up her life in a creaky blue suitcase and heads off to Taipei to find her “springtime.”

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