Institute of Taiwan History at Academia Sinica showed the documentary, "Hand in Hand", from 2pm to 4:30pm yesterday, January 9, 2012. The documentary began with the love story of the Tien couple, Tien Meng-shu 田孟淑 the wife and Tien Chao-ming 田朝明 the husband, and moved onto key moments in Taiwan's democratic movement from the 1950s to the 1990s. Even though their age difference was more than 16 years, they love each other deeply and supported each other throughout the decades. Their age difference did not receive the blessing of the wife's family, and resulted in elopement. The wife has an easy-going personality with a great sense of humor. Through her eyes and her narration, we learn about their love story and their experiences of struggling against the authoritarian Chinese Nationalist (KMT) government. This film has English subtitles. I highly recommend this movie if you are interested in understanding Taiwan's post-World War II history and its democratization process, as well as the multiculturalism of Taiwan, as seen through the multiple languages that the wife speaks (Taiwanese hoklo, Chinese Mandarin, Japanese, and English).
My tears ran almost non-stopped, from the beginning to the end of the film. Their love story and their fight for a free and independent Taiwan touched my heart.
Official blog of the film: http://hands2011.pixnet.net/blog/post/8080241
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