Nachmittag mit Taiwan Docs — 日常對話 Small Talk
Film Information
Director: Huang Hui-Chen
Year: 2016
Running Time: 88 min
Language: Mandarin / Taiwanese
Subtitles: Mandarin / English
Color: Color
Synopsis
Small Talk is the director’s courageous portrayal of her family story, which gives the audience an inside look at a culture we might not be familiar with. This powerful documentary manages to be of universal significance and extremely intimate at the same time. – TEDDY AWARD Jury Statement
The film unfolds the difficult conversations between director HUANG Hui-chen and her butch lesbian mother, Ah-nu. Ah-nu suffers from an abusive relationship in a forced marriage. She runs off with her two little girls and launches her own funeral performance service. HUANG decides to film her mother and it took her 20 years to make this film. Together, HUANG and her mother start a journey to face the inconvenient past and walk out of the shadows.