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    Wave Breaker

    Zero CHOU 2009 Taiwan Fiction color 86min Mandarin, Taiwanese Digi Beta
    Hao-Yang is a young man that loves the sea and loves to surf, but just as his life was about to begin, he was diagnosed with a motor neuron disease that was from his father. After some time, his body will begin to paralyze part by part, not able to move or speak and eventually he will die. His brother refused to take the test and their single-parent mother still tries to find a cure for her boys. One day, Hao-Yang told his brother he wanted to see the ocean and begged his brother to take him surfing again. When Hao-Yang had finally fulfilled his wish and got on the surfboard, he disappeared in the ocean after a big wave.

    Director

    Zero CHOU

    A Taiwanese filmmaker and screenwriter. CHOU dedicated her entire career to depicting LGBTQ+ relationship. She is also one of the first Taiwanese female filmmakers invited to be an Oscars Academy member.

    Director's Statement ▾

    Zero CHOU

    2000 《流離島影》 Floating Islands

    2001 《私角落》 Corner's

    2002 《極端寶島》 Poles Extremity

    2004 《豔光四射歌舞團》 Splendid Float

    2005 《黑暗視界》 Vision of Darkness

    2007 《刺青》 Spider Lilies

    2008 《漂浪青春》 Drifting Flowers

    2008 《麥子不死》 Viva! Taiwan Moooooovie

    Director/周美玲Zero CHOU

    Producer/劉芸后Yun-Hou LIU

    Screenplay/周美玲Zero CHOU

    Cinematographer/劉芸后Yun-Hou LIU

    Editor/周美玲Zero CHOU、劉芸后Yun-Hou LIU、

    陳小菁Xiao-Jing CHEN

    Sound/孔鏘KONG KIANG

    Music/哈哈HAHA

    Actor/徐貴櫻Gui-Ying XU、姚元浩How YAO、陳奕Andy CHEN

    Production Company:

    三映電影文化事業有限公司 THE 3RD VISION FILMS

    108 台北市萬華區青年路56號11樓-2

    11F.-2, No.56, Qingnian Rd., Wanhua Dist., Taipei City 108, Taiwan Tel: 886-2-23031614

    mandala0620@gmail.com

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