Hebei Taipei 河北臺北 2015 (Mandarin Documentary) DVD & BLU-RAY with English Sub (Region Free)

Director : Nyssa Li
Language: Mandarin
Subtitles : English, Traditional Chinese, Japanese
Duration : 91 mins
Disc Format : Blu-Ray & DVD
System : NTSC
Release Date : 2010-07-02
Sound System : Dolby Digital 5.1

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Synopsis:

Li, a former soldier who's family broke apart during wartime, was born in Hebei Province in China. He joined the army since youth, never about any political beliefs, but to survive by fighting for those who fed him. The war brought him to Taipei Taiwan, a place where he spent six decades to fit in. Li never had a chance to return to his hometown Hebei, but has revisited it countless times in his dreams. whenever he dreams of it, he sees blood flowing all over the place. At the age of sixty, he decided to separate from his wife and children and lived alone for 20 years. He missed all those years wasted in wartime when he was young, at the same time, he had no idea how his eventful life would come to an end...

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出生中國河北的老李因為戰爭來到台灣，一待六十年，再也沒回去故鄉。但是在夢裡，他早已踏上故鄉千百回，每回都是血流成河的景象。對老李來說，從軍不是為了政治，是為了吃飯；在誰家吃飯，就說誰家好。韓戰爆發，老李在南北韓交界被俘虜，來到台灣。老李結婚，有了家庭，但一顆心總是懸著，怕別人知道他當過共產黨。每每照鏡子，都無法忍受已是白髮蒼蒼的自己，於是他戴上假髮，穿上女裝，想彌補錯過的所有年華⋯⋯。

《河北臺北》費時15年拍攝，不只述說一個老兵的鄉愁，更是中國與台灣的歷史共業。導演李念修紀錄自己的父親在大時代下，被犧牲成在國族、階級、情慾、性別傾向等各方面的邊緣人，卻仍在家國盡失的苦難情境中，奮力求生存。他自己名「李忠孝」，但卻半調侃這一生「不忠不孝」。對他來說，從軍不是為了政治，是為了吃飯，所謂的「鄉愁」是找不到根的黃土，是一切都已改變的過去。他在台北山裡的大石上刻下名字，作為墓碑。閒來無事，給自己掃墓。近鄉情怯的他，只能將回家的心願託付給女兒……。