The Strait Story

The Strait Story, or Fu shih kuang ying as it is known in its country of origin, is a 2005 Taiwanese film directed by Yushan Huang.

In flashbacks, we do not only see Huang in his Tokyo studio, or attending an exhibition of his works, or on the steamship mentioned, looking forward to an encounter with his father, mother, and elder brother. We also see Huang as a boy and adolescent, growing up on the island of Penghu, situated in the Taiwan Straits. It is here that we encounter him as a dreaming but also rebellious youth, in love with a girl from a poor family that he could never have married. We also learn about his father, a businessman who wanted his son to follow in his footsteps as a pharmacist and therefore did not support him anymore when Chingcheng decided to become an artist.The narration switches between present and past. An important strand of the narration is focused on the restoration of lost works created by the artist that were discovered recently a difficult task that is carefully accomplished by a young, physically handicapped or ill? art restorer. ........

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