

The Man Who Couldn't Leave
Nominees and Awards
- ★ 2022 Venice Film Festival Best Experience
Synopsis
Experience the time, the place, and the hope, to keep the stories alive.
Inside the former Green Island prison, political detainee A-Kuen recounts imprisonment and persecution in the 1950s in Taiwan. Among inmates, frozen in time, he recalls his own experience and those of his friend, A-Ching, who never made it out.
Team

Director
Singing CHEN
Singing CHEN’s work encompasses fiction, documentary and VR films and has received numerous festival accolades. Her collective work is marked by a deep empathy for disenfranchised characters and a strong sense of social justice.
Schedule
Cinema | Auditorium | Time | Notes | Tickets |
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VR FILM LAB | 360 Cinema | 2022/10/13 Thursday 16:50 | (Oct. 13th is XR VIP DAY, restricted to "XR VIP Pass" holders only) | |
VR FILM LAB | 360 Cinema | 2022/10/14 Friday 13:10 | ||
VR FILM LAB | 360 Cinema | 2022/10/14 Friday 19:00 | ||
VR FILM LAB | 360 Cinema | 2022/10/15 Saturday 14:10 | ||
VR FILM LAB | 360 Cinema | 2022/10/16 Sunday 15:30 | ||
VR FILM LAB | 360 Cinema | 2022/10/17 Monday 14:50 | ||
VR FILM LAB | 360 Cinema | 2022/10/18 Tuesday 18:10 | ||
VR FILM LAB | 360 Cinema | 2022/10/19 Wednesday 16:50 | ||
VR FILM LAB | 360 Cinema | 2022/10/20 Thursday 17:30 | ||
VR FILM LAB | 360 Cinema | 2022/10/21 Friday 14:00 | ||
VR FILM LAB | 360 Cinema | 2022/10/22 Saturday 11:10 | ||
VR FILM LAB | 360 Cinema | 2022/10/22 Saturday 17:00 | ||
VR FILM LAB | 360 Cinema | 2022/10/23 Sunday 12:00 | ||
VR FILM LAB | 360 Cinema | 2022/10/23 Sunday 17:50 | ||
VR FILM LAB | 360 Cinema | 2022/10/24 Monday 14:00 | ||
VR FILM LAB | 360 Cinema | 2022/10/25 Tuesday 16:50 | ||
VR FILM LAB | 360 Cinema | 2022/10/26 Wednesday 17:30 | ||
VR FILM LAB | 360 Cinema | 2022/10/27 Thursday 18:10 | ||
VR FILM LAB | 360 Cinema | 2022/10/28 Friday 14:50 | ||
VR FILM LAB | 360 Cinema | 2022/10/29 Saturday 14:10 | ||
VR FILM LAB | 360 Cinema | 2022/10/30 Sunday 11:10 | ||
VR FILM LAB | 360 Cinema | 2022/10/30 Sunday 17:00 |
※ Notes: ★ With filmmakers' attendance/talks ▲ Non-English language films without Chinese subtitles