Connection by Fate

Connection by Fate (1998)

超級公民

Dopo un violento incidente, un ex attivista diventato tassista, resta invischiato nelle trame di un giovane, trascinandosi in giro per Taipei. Il film omaggia Il cielo sopra Berlino di Wim Wenders riflettendo sulla memoria, la colpa e quel filo invisibile che unisce le nostre vite.

Data di uscita
1998-09-08
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (3)
Durata
1 h 48 min
Generi
Dramma
Regista
萬仁

Cast

Curiosità

Connection by Fate (1998) is the third film of Wan Jen’s “super trilogy” (超級三部曲), the other two being Super Citizen and Super Citizen Ko (1994). The film depicts the last days of a taxi driver Ah-de, who used to be a political activist but had now lost his faith in politics. He is depicted as a ghost accompanied by the ghost of an aboriginal worker, before he actually turned into one after he committed suicide. Adopting the form of Ah-de’s subjective viewpoint, the film is a complex reflection on the meaning of politics, social movement, memory, and life itself.

Production

Connection by Fate was adapted from Cheng Wen-tang’s script, The Poet and Ah-de (詩人與阿德), which was also the original title of the film. It was the third film in Wan Jen’s “super trilogy” after Super Citizen (1985), Super Citizen Ko (1994).

The story in this film unfolds through many different languages, including Mandarin, Taiwanese, and Paiwan. The poetic Taiwanese lines uttered by Tsai Chen-nan deal with serious issues, such as death, were written by Chen Fang-Ming, who was dedicated to Taiwanese language education. The film also invited Paiwan artist Sakuliu Pavavaljung and writer Ahronglong Sakinu as supervisors, displaying Paiwan culture through language, clothing, music, etc.

Both Chang Chen-yue and Tsai Chen-nan are famous singers in Taiwan. Chang Chen-yue is Amis. Tsai Chen-nan speaks authentic Taiwanese, which makes the voiceover sound poetic. He said that he liked the soliloquy at the end of film the most, which to him was very inspiring.

The film attempts to discuss issues related to different cultures and beliefs of aboriginal people and Han people. A lot of video tapes which recorded the social movements around the time the martial law was lifted in 1987 were also put into the film, shedding light on Taiwan’s political history. It points out the limits and potential problems in the Han-centered indigenization and democratic movements.

Artist Lin Yao-tang’s (林耀堂) artwork entitled The Poet and Ah-De is painted in 1998. It was a painting based on the story of Connection by Fate.

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