Keeping Watch (2007)

Original title

沉睡的青春

Directed by

Cheng Fen-fen

Genre

drama film

Country

Taiwan

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

IMDb

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A young woman works at an old train station and meets a man who seems tied to a past tragedy. As they spend time together, she uncovers secrets about his past and her own hidden emotions. The story unfolds in quiet, scenic locations in Taiwan.

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What happens

《沉睡的青春》（英語：Keeping Watch），2007年上映的療傷系愛情推理電影。新生代導演鄭芬芬的首部劇情片，僅用了十八天的時間即完成了整部電影的拍攝工作，全片在平溪、菁桐車站、樂生療養院拍攝，影像風格極為獨特，在懷舊的過去式情境之中，展開一段現在式的戀愛與療傷。 這部電影的靈感來自真實的社會新聞，四個男孩相偕去戲水，結果三個人死掉了，只剩下一個活著游回來。這個小小的新聞，引發鄭芬芬無限的思索，活下來的那一個男孩，「他的心情是怎樣的呢？我總在想，這個世界好像有太多失焦的事，聚焦之外其實是不是有更多的故事以及心情？我相信那個存活下來的人一定是最痛苦的，因為他還必須帶著這個記憶活下去。」於是有了《沉睡的青春》這個故事。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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