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ARCHIVE

11th(2009)



With or Without You

CHOU She-wei

  • Taiwan
  • 2008
  • 33min
  • Beta, Digi-beta
  • color
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SYNOPSIS

A daughter is back home for her mother¡¯s funeral. Her mother appears in a dream and pleads to be buried separately from her husband but her husband is thoroughly authoritative even after his death. He insists on getting only what he wants which is to be buried with his wife and to be served by her. With or Without you shows the picture of a young shaman dragging out the voices of the late mother and father, only to lead the whole family into disarray. The violence and patriarchal society that the family has had to live with for so long is revealed; also there is the fact that the oldest son only follows in his father¡¯s footstep. An indictment of violence within the family and the contradictions that patriarchal traditions spawn. (MO Eun-young)
 

PROGRAM NOTE


 Program Note
 A daughter is back home for her mother¡¯s funeral. Her mother appears in a dream and pleads to be buried separately from her husband but her husband is thoroughly authoritative even after his death. He insists on getting only what he wants which is to be buried with his wife and to be served by her. With or Without you shows the picture of a young shaman dragging out the voices of the late mother and father, only to lead the whole family into disarray. The violence and patriarchal society that the family has had to live with for so long is revealed; also there is the fact that the oldest son only follows in his father¡¯s footstep. An indictment of violence within the family and the contradictions that patriarchal traditions spawn. (MO Eun-young)

Director

  • CHOU She-weiCHOU She-wei

    Studied history in Taiwan and graduated from the Film/TV department of New York University. She is a film critic, teacher and independent film maker. Her short film With or Without You(2009) was awarded Asia Short Film & Video Competition\'s Jury Award at IWFFIS and was selected at the Rotterdam International Film Festival. The Golden Child(2012) is her first feature film.

Credit

  • ProducerCHOW She-wei
  • Cast HWANG Tsai-yi, LIN Zih-yang
  • Cinematography PENG Chia-ju
  • Editor Kulong
  • Music WANG Ji-san