Father to Son | |
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Directed by | Hsiao Ya-chuan |
Written by | Hsiao Ya-chuan |
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Cinematography | Tse-chung Lin |
Edited by | Yi-Ju Tung |
Music by | Chris Hou Summer Lei |
Production company | Bit Production
Pixelfly Digital Effects |
Distributed by | Ablaze Image |
Release dates |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
Country | Taiwan |
Language | Mandarin |
Box office | NT$3.78 million |
Father to Son is a 2018 Taiwanese drama film directed and written by Hsiao Ya-chuan. The production companies behind the film are Bit Production in association with Pixelfly Digital Effects.
The film was produced by Shih-Wei Chang, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Jui-Lan Hsiao and Michael Wang. The music was composed by Chris Hou and Summer Lei, and it was produced by Ivan Linn. The film was distributed by Ablaze Image. [1]
Van Pao-Te, who is now 60 years old, finds himself suffering from a serious illness. Instead of getting treatment, he decides to go to Japan to look for his father who abandoned him 50 years ago with the company of his son. [2] At the same time, a young man from Hong Kong who is somehow related to Van Pao-Te's past comes to Taiwan. Two unknown journeys of self-reconciliation begin. [3] [4]
Father to Son premiered in the Netherlands at the International Film Festival Rotterdam on January 29, 2018, [5] followed by a Spanish premiere at the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival on April 8, [6] a premiere in Hungary at the Titanic International Filmpresence Festival on April 12, [7] and a Taiwanese premiere at the Taipei Film Festival on June 28.
Year | Award | Recipient | Result | Ref |
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2018 | Best Director | Xiao Yaquan | Won | [8] |
Best Soundtrack | Lei Guangxia, Hou Zhijian | Won | ||
Best Art Design | Huang Wenying, Wang Zhicheng | Won |
Year | Award | Recipient | Result | Ref |
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2018 | Best New Actor | Fu Meng-po | Nominated | [9] |
Best Original Music | Lei Guangxia, Hou Zhijian | Nominated | ||
Best Original Song | Lei Guangxia "deeply ruthless" | Nominated | ||
Best Art Design | Huang Wenying, Wang Zhicheng | Nominated | ||
Best Sound | Guo Liqi | Nominated |
Father to Son | |
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Directed by | Hsiao Ya-chuan |
Written by | Hsiao Ya-chuan |
Produced by |
|
Starring |
|
Cinematography | Tse-chung Lin |
Edited by | Yi-Ju Tung |
Music by | Chris Hou Summer Lei |
Production company | Bit Production
Pixelfly Digital Effects |
Distributed by | Ablaze Image |
Release dates |
|
Running time | 115 minutes |
Country | Taiwan |
Language | Mandarin |
Box office | NT$3.78 million |
Father to Son is a 2018 Taiwanese drama film directed and written by Hsiao Ya-chuan. The production companies behind the film are Bit Production in association with Pixelfly Digital Effects.
The film was produced by Shih-Wei Chang, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Jui-Lan Hsiao and Michael Wang. The music was composed by Chris Hou and Summer Lei, and it was produced by Ivan Linn. The film was distributed by Ablaze Image. [1]
Van Pao-Te, who is now 60 years old, finds himself suffering from a serious illness. Instead of getting treatment, he decides to go to Japan to look for his father who abandoned him 50 years ago with the company of his son. [2] At the same time, a young man from Hong Kong who is somehow related to Van Pao-Te's past comes to Taiwan. Two unknown journeys of self-reconciliation begin. [3] [4]
Father to Son premiered in the Netherlands at the International Film Festival Rotterdam on January 29, 2018, [5] followed by a Spanish premiere at the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival on April 8, [6] a premiere in Hungary at the Titanic International Filmpresence Festival on April 12, [7] and a Taiwanese premiere at the Taipei Film Festival on June 28.
Year | Award | Recipient | Result | Ref |
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2018 | Best Director | Xiao Yaquan | Won | [8] |
Best Soundtrack | Lei Guangxia, Hou Zhijian | Won | ||
Best Art Design | Huang Wenying, Wang Zhicheng | Won |
Year | Award | Recipient | Result | Ref |
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2018 | Best New Actor | Fu Meng-po | Nominated | [9] |
Best Original Music | Lei Guangxia, Hou Zhijian | Nominated | ||
Best Original Song | Lei Guangxia "deeply ruthless" | Nominated | ||
Best Art Design | Huang Wenying, Wang Zhicheng | Nominated | ||
Best Sound | Guo Liqi | Nominated |