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Singing Chen The Man Who Couldn’t Leave
Season 24 25
Between the walls of the old Green Island prison, the political prisoner A-Kuen tells stories of imprisonment and persecution which occurred in the 1950s in Taiwan. Through this virtual reality film awarded at the 2022 Venice Biennale, experience the feeling of time and wait, and contribute to keeping these stories alive.
location
time
35min - every hour
category
- VR |
- cinema
Dates
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18h00
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18h00
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14h00
PricesSee all prices
- Full price24/32€
- Under 3011/18€
- Job seeker12/20€
- Social minima8/14€
Session translated into French sign language
Screening with audio description
Meet the artists after the show.
School session
Session with adapted subtitle
Awarded the best immersive experience at the Venice Film Festival in 2022, The Man who couldn’t leave is a virtual reality medium-length film, a mesmerizing exploration of the prison world of 1950s Taiwan. In the old Green Island prison, the political prisoner A-Kuen tells about the persecutions that occurred at the time. Around his fellow inmates, frozen in time, he relates his own experience and that of his friend A-Ching, who didn’t survive. He is the “Man who couldn’t leave”, symbol of the treatment meted out for dissidents during the “White Terror” that swept the country immediately after the war and over several decades. With this film, which was put together from the numerous documents that chronicled the experiences of Green Island prisoners, filmmaker Singing Chen gives the audience a singular experience of time, place and wait, passing on their story and highlighting a chapter in the history of their country.
Vincent Théval
VR 360 Award
Kaohsiung XR Dreamland 2022
Best Experience
Venice Immersive 2022
Competition
Venice Immersive 2022
Special cinematographic mention + Public Award
New Images 2023
VR Competition
Kaohsiung XR Dreamland 2022
