Taiwan Feature Film Screening - Day Off (本日公休, 2023)
A woman who has owned a barbershop for over 40 years determines to embark on a long journey to help her customers.
One night only at the Blue Mouse Theatre, Tacoma.
Film is in Taiwanese, Mandarin and with English Subtitles.
6:00 pm Doors and Concession Stand Open
7:00 pm Program and Film Screening
Introduction by Ellen Y. Chang, Taiwan Studies Program at University of Washington
Produced by acclaimed New Cinema screenwriter-director Wu Nien-jen and starring veteran actress Lu Hsiao-fen alongside a constellation of emerging film stars, Director Fu Tien-Yu's Day Off offers a refreshing time capsule of Taiwan's cinematic legacy by weaving a tapestry of touching human connections around a dedicated hairdresser and her decades-old family salon in Fu's hometown of Taichung.
A woman who has owned a barbershop for over 40 years determines to embark on a long journey to help her customers.
One night only at the Blue Mouse Theatre, Tacoma.
Film is in Taiwanese, Mandarin and with English Subtitles.
6:00 pm Doors and Concession Stand Open
7:00 pm Program and Film Screening
Introduction by Ellen Y. Chang, Taiwan Studies Program at University of Washington
Produced by acclaimed New Cinema screenwriter-director Wu Nien-jen and starring veteran actress Lu Hsiao-fen alongside a constellation of emerging film stars, Director Fu Tien-Yu's Day Off offers a refreshing time capsule of Taiwan's cinematic legacy by weaving a tapestry of touching human connections around a dedicated hairdresser and her decades-old family salon in Fu's hometown of Taichung.