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Island in Between

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6.3/10 • 32

2023-09-290h 20m

Documentary

A personal, poetic look at the uneasy peace on the frontline between Taiwan and China.

The rural Taiwanese outer islands of Kinmen sit merely 2 miles off the coast of China. Kinmen attracts tourists for its remains from the 1949 Chinese Civil War. It also marks the frontline for Taiwan in its escalating tension with China.

Directors
S. Leo Chiang
Writters
S. Leo Chiang
Editors
S. Leo Chiang, S. Leo Chiang

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  1. Sen-Po Tung

    Sen-Po Tung

    Self

  2. Ja-Shin Wu

    Ja-Shin Wu

    Self

  3. Ya-Ping Hu

    Ya-Ping Hu

    Self

  4. Qiao-Ling Lin

    Qiao-Ling Lin

    Self

  5. Ying-Lung Chiang

    Ying-Lung Chiang

    Self

  6. Yue-Ling Lai

    Yue-Ling Lai

    Self

  7. Wun-Siang Cheng

    Wun-Siang Cheng

    Self

  8. Li-Hung Lin

    Li-Hung Lin

    Self

  9. Alice Hérait

    Alice Hérait

    Self

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CinemaSerf

Mar 22, 2024

6/10

A man who has lived the last thirty years of his life in the USA returns to his ancestral home in Taiwan just as lockdown impacts and then as relations between the nation and China continue to strain. This is a pretty standard observational documentary - but it does offer quite an interesting degree of reverse psychology. It's the Taiwanese who are bombarding their near neighbour with messages about truth, freedom and democracy - and all from their tiny outpost of the Kinmen Islands, a very short ferry ride from the mainland. This really only serves as a cursory introduction to the important issues of the delicate Sino-Taiwan relationship, and of the role of the USA in guaranteeing the integrity of the island - that, or interfering in it's future, depending on your perspective. At just twenty minutes it can't really do much justice to the subject matter, and though watchable doesn't really get us anywhere.

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Status
Released
Original Language
Chinese
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
taiwan