Island Etude

– First-time actor Tung Ming-Hsiang plays Ming, a young college student whose lifelong hearing problem..

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Movie
Rating:
6.90 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 48 Minutes
Release Year:
2006
Original Name:
練習曲
Island Etude
Island Etude (2006) - Also known as 練習曲

First-time actor Tung Ming-Hsiang plays Ming, a young college student whose lifelong hearing problem causes him to communicate via slurred speech. Carrying a guitar on his back and lacking few concrete reasons, he decides to bike around the island of Taiwan by himself months before his college graduation...

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Island Etude (2006) - Trailer

Release Date:

27 Apr 2007

Language:

Mandarin, Min Nan, Lithuanian

MPAA Content-Rating:
NOT RATED

Island Etude

Island Etude
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Travelling is always the best way to encounter true stories. Ming-Hsang, a deaf, decided to cycle around Taiwan before graduating from the college. This film, lasting for 100 minutes, documents his trip which lasted 7 days and 6 nights. He camped at the beach of Tai-Ma-Li on the first evening, playing guitar. Although he has hearing problems, he is still very much interested in sounds. The next morning, he followed Tai-11 highway. He met a group of people filming MV at the east coastline. They also film him. The third day, he was on the Su-Hua highway, a highway notoriously difficult to conquer for cyclists. He met a Lithuanian girl at Han-Ben railway station. She missed the train to Hua-Lien. He helped her to get on her train by communication with her by pens and papers.

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1 win & 3 nominations.

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6.8/10

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