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Plain Sailing

Director: Sasha CHUK (祝紫嫣)

2021|Taiwan, Hong Kong|25min|Language: Japanese, Chinese, Cantonese|Subtitles: English, Japanese

Date Time Venue
3/12 Sat 16:30《Short films program 3》 Cine Libre Umeda 4
3/16 Wed 18:20《Short films program 3》 Cine Libre Umeda 4
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Starring
MATSUZAKI Shohei (松嵜翔平)
Sasha CHUK (祝紫嫣)
Synopsis

Bai (Sasha CHUK) and Hei (MATSUZAKI Shohei) are two lost souls adrift in a foreign land but brought together by a head-on wave of love in a coastal city in Taiwan. She is from Hong Kong, he is from Japan, and both are wandering away from backgrounds marked by troubles. However, out in the sun-kissed tranquil bays, they both hold hands and gaze upon a glimmering and vast ocean. This body of water represents their relationship and just as the tides of the sea wash in and out, their time together will be marked with ups and downs, something both Bai and Hei are comfortable with in this lull.

CHUK creates a visually exquisite snapshot of two outsiders forming a world of their own, one formed of a pure and simple love, yet signalling through their environs of wide horizons, seascapes and also their cross-cultural communication that theirs is a brief meeting.

[Jason MAHER]

Director's Message
The film was designed to have Japanese as the major language, which deliberately creates a distance with the audience and that they would develop a sense of detachment and unconcern, resonating with the inner state of Bai.