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As the Winds Blow (2013)

As the Winds Blow poster
Original title
戀戀海灣
Directed by
Chen Yi Wen
Country
Taiwan
Runtime
1h 42m

How it feels

A young woman travels south to ask her estranged father to sign divorce papers. There she meets a lifeguard and begins to recall childhood memories of building boats.

slow-pacedbittersweetcontemplativenostalgicgentlefamily-centeredcoastal

What happens

是一部於2013年台北電影節參展影片,由陳以文擔任導演兼編劇的台灣電影,並由吳中天、金小曼、龍劭華、黃志瑋、丁也恬主演,片尾曲由蔡琴演唱,全片主要在高雄西子灣拍攝。 米雪(女主角)海邊出生,幼時隨母親北上定居。長大後,母親命令米雪親自南下請父親簽署離婚協議,因而認識了父親經營海灘所聘僱的救生員阿育。在一次溺水事件後,米雪對於阿育大大改觀,也意外勾起米雪小時候打造船隻的記憶。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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