Bundled

Country

Taiwan

How it feels

A group of homeless wanderers with no identities live in the dark corners of Taipei City. They find meaning in their lives through dreams and singing, blurring the line between reality and fantasy.

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What happens

Bundled (2001) is Singing Chen’s directorial debut. Shot in a surreal style, it focuses on a group of marginalized wanderers with no identities, who inhabit the dark corners of Taipei City. The only way they give meanings to their lives is through dreaming. Chen has characters talk in dreams or debate with each other to reflect the dialectics of reality and fantasy and explore the imaginarium of the homeless. Chen also infuses the film with various musical elements and has the characters convey their sense of loss and desire for belonging through singing. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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