TAIWAN/ THE PHILIPPINES
2016 – 24’ – IN TAGALOG/ MANDARIN/ TAIWANESE/ ENGLISH
WORLD PREMIERE
Synopsis
Docked at the port of Kaohsiung, Filipino seaman Arnie buys a ring with the help of his mates, to propose to his girlfriend back home. The supposedly happiest moment of his life soon takes a downward spiral when he finds out she is pregnant - but he is not the father of the child.
Trailer
DIRECTOR: Rina B. Tsou
PRODUCTION: Eric (Xiang-Yu) Xie - Shee Heng Kuek
SCENARIO: Rina B. Tsou
CINEMATOGRAPHY: See Wee Aw
EDITING: Ming-Sheng Kao - Ching Chiao Wang
SOUND: Jen Hao Kuo
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Adrianne Chiu
MUSIC: Nityalila
CAST:
Whakin C. Maniego
Yu Hsuan Chen
Mei Man Jin
Erlejun Catequista
Joemel B. Curioso
Nino Maniego Izra
PRODUCTION
SANWOOD FILMS CO. LTD.
International Contact
Eric (Xiang-Yu) Xie
Tel. +886 972 835385
bluestair@hotmail.com
Chinese Speaking
Shee Heng Kuek
Tel. +886 979 010230
sheeheng89@gmail.com
SALES
PRESS
HOUSE ON FIRE
Gary Delépine
Tel : + 33 6 88 12 73 85
gary@houseonfire.fr
CONTACT CANNES
SANWOOD FILMS CO., LTD.
Eric (Xiang-Yu) Xie
Tel. +886 972 835385
bluestair@hotmail.com
Shee Heng Kuek
Tel. +886 979 010230
sheeheng89@gmail.com
Rina B. Tsou
Tel. +886 915 487200
rinatsou.tidf@gmail.com
When she talks about her film, Rina B. Tsou often refers to waves; waves of the spirit, of the sea, of reality and of ghosts. She also talks about the inherent magic in all meetings, be that in a highly trivial background. And Arnie perfectly fits in the opposites attract pattern, in a close to documentary key, although a more secret, fantasy, even mystical dimension is at work. A pure object of cinema touching the essence of it as an art: to rediscover the world and its truthfulness in a new perspective.
By Pierre-Simon Gutman
