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    Father and Mother I Love You

    Tang-Hsien TSAI 2009 Taiwan Documentary b/w & color 62min Mandarin Beta
    The story of this film occurred on the night of January 13, 2006 when John stayed over at his grandfather’s and was found dead next morning. After the rescue attempt failed, John’s family put their sorrow aside and decided to donate his body and organs within a short period of time. This film documents the incidents after John’s death and redefines the value and meaning of life. John’s family supported and consoled each other as they transformed the sorrow caused by his death into the power to continue living and a deeper understanding of life.
    By filming the processes for body donation and utilization, burial, and cremation, this film tells the story of how John’s family faced his sudden death and transformed their sorrow by donating his body and organs as a form of life expansion, the main theme of this film.
    During the filming process, the film maker understood the importance of donated bodies and organs to medical education. Cadavers are not only the silent mentors in professional medical education but brave volunteers that help to cultivate the medical skills of students with a spirit of humanitarianism through their sacrifice and contribution to human medical studies.

    Director

    Tang-Hsien TSAI

    Tang-Hsien TSAI was born in Kaohsiung, she has ve cats and two dogs, and likes cooking. She graduated from the Graduate Institute of Sound and Image Studies in Documentary at the Taiwan National University of the Arts. Ms. Tsai, now an independent documentary lm worker, regards the lming process as an opportunity to interact with those being lmed. This helps her to enjoy the rich landscape of life and understand the deeper meaning of life as well. Her current project is a continuation of Family. It attempts to further discuss the relationship between medical studies, organ donors, and donors’ families.

    Tang-Hsien TSAI

    2001 流動 Flow
    2003     在哪裡生活 Where to Live
    2009 Family / Father and Mother I Love You

    Director/蔡瑭仙Tang-Hsien TSAI

    Producer/楊仁佐Jen-Tso YANG

    Cinematographer/蔡瑭仙Tang-Hsien TSAI、楊仁佐Jen-Tso YANG

    Editor/蔡瑭仙Tang-Hsien TSAI

    Music/楊聲錚Zane YANG、周志豪Howie CHOU

    Production & Sales Company: 楊仁佐Jen-Tso YANG g910407@gmail.com

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