The Inspired Island: Unfulfilled Dreams

Chu Tien-Wen, frequent screenwriter for Hou Hsiao-Hsien, makes her directorial debut with this entry in The Inspired Island documentary series. With Hou as producer, cinematographer Yao Hung-I and editor Liao ChingSung, Chu takes a deep dive into the story of her parents, famed authors Chu Hsi-Ning and Liu Mu-Sha. Through family albums, old letters and interviews with fellow writers, Chu crafts a deeply personal portrait of her parents’ romance, literary careers, family roots and the unfinished opus her father left behind.

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Release Date	November 7, 2020
Status	Released
Original Title	他們在島嶼寫作：願未央
Runtime	1h 55min
Budget	—
Revenue	—
Language	Mandarin
Original Language	Chinese
Production Countries	Taiwan
Production Companies	Fisfisa Media Co.

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The Inspired Island (Series)

Includes: The Inspired Island: Unfulfilled Dreams, The Inspired Island: Home In Two Cities, The Inspired Island: I Remember, The Inspired Island: River Without Banks, The Inspired Island: The Man behind the Book, The Inspired Island: Multiflorate Splendour, The Inspired Island: Towards the Completion of a Poem, The Inspired Island: My City, The Inspired Island: 1918, The Inspired Island: Boundary, The Inspired Island: The Untrammeled Traveler, The Inspired Island: Port of Mists, The Inspired Island: A Lean Soul, The Inspired Island: The Coming of Tulku, The Inspired Island: A Life That Sings, The Inspired Island: A Lifetime In Chinese Literature, The Inspired Island: Still Young

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