LIO LANG SHEN GO REN - God Man Dog
by Singing Chen, Fiction, 119', 2007, 35mm, TAÏWAN
With Tarcy Su, Jack Kao, Chang Han, Ulau Ugan, Jonathan Chang, Tu Xiao-han

This is a rhapsody of gods, men and dogs all down and out together. A meandering truck full of gods gets mixed up with a cast of outcasts whose lives gradually entwine with each other. Yellow Bull, the owner of the truck, travels around giving shelter to deserted god statues yet can’t afford to have his artificial leg fixed. Biung, an alcoholic aboriginal, transports top-class peaches between a remote village and Taipei city yet finds himself less valued than even a peach. Ching, a depressed middle class wife, attempts to redeem her marriage after the death of her new born. There’s a fatal car accident caused by a stray dog. Can it change their lives and put an end to the obvious and distinct boundaries between them?

SINGING CHEN
Born in 1974 in Taipei, Singing Chen obtained a diploma in Communication (Fu Jen Catholic University), before working as assistant director and film editor for HMC Productions. She composed the music of several documentaries, and she also worked as artistic director, while keeping up with art and culture issues. She directes: Bundled (2000) and an experimental documentary Who’s Fishing part of the Floating Islands series. The same year: I am called Je m’appelle Ah-Ming (Who Jiao A-Ming-la) was selected in Competition at Créteil (2001).