Underplayed Gems

The Missing (2003)

The Missing poster
Original title
不見
Directed by
Lee Kang-sheng
Genre
drama film
Country
Taiwan
Runtime
1h 22m
Rated
12
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A grandfather disappears after buying breakfast for his grandson leaving the boy to cope alone. Meanwhile a grandmother loses her toddler grandson at a park and frantically searches. The two storylines converge in a park.

quietmelancholicslow-burncontemplativelonelyfamily-centeredurbanunderstated

What happens

是台灣演員李康生執導的第一部電影作品,由蔡明亮監製。本片獲得鹿特丹影展最大獎「老虎獎」和釜山影展最大獎「新潮流獎」,並獲得金馬獎包含最佳劇情片在內的四項提名。 爺爺(苗天飾)買回孫子最愛吃的早餐燒餅油條之後,人間蒸發,只留下滿地撕成條狀的報紙碎片。孫子因為爺爺的「失蹤」,心情不好,終日沉浸在網咖的電玩世界。另一方面,阿嬤(陸弈靜飾)帶著三歲的孫子小奕到公園玩,沒想到才因拉肚子上個廁所,孫子就不見了。阿嬤詢問了遊戲區的孩子、家長,經過的路人,向社區管理中心、警察局求助,都沒有找著。焦急的阿嬤打電話給兒子,沒有接通,情急之下,跳上路人的機車就要路人帶她去找孫子,甚至還到靈骨塔燒香請求過世的先生幫忙。故事最後,找爺爺的孫子,找孫子的阿嬤,在公園交會...... (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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