【影片簡介】對岸異鄉人 The Other Side

【身份認同】篇 Awakening of Identities
 
對岸異鄉人
The Other Side
 
 
台灣 Taiwan︱2012︱72 min︱蔡崇隆 TSAI Tsung-lung
 
2013  華語紀錄片節長片競賽單元
Competition Section, Chinese Documentary Festival
2012  新北市紀錄片影展
New Taipei City Documentary Festival
 
台灣與中國經過30年的冷戰對峙,從1980年代開始展開民間交流,30年來日益密切的經貿觀光往來,雖然大致改變了雙方的外在形貌,但內在的疏離與不信任感其實從未消減。
 
老柯,一個出身台北萬華的台灣人,因為債台高築而遠走大陸,跟許多台商一樣,他在骨子裡根本不喜歡中國,只想來藉機賺錢翻身,但是不曉得是個人機運不佳,還是他終究不適應對岸的遊戲規則,十年來他不僅無法衣錦還鄉,甚至離為人詬病的「台流」僅存一線之隔。
 
麗麗,就像多數透過婚姻移民到台灣的大陸女性一樣,沒能晉身都市的中產階級,而是成為勞動階級的農村媳婦。更令人沮喪的是,她不只要侍奉年老的公婆,還要幫老公阿文撫養他前妻留下的三個兒女。雖然她與阿文生了一個可愛的女兒,卻常因為教養觀念差異而爭吵不休。
 
已經三年無法回台的老柯,他僅有的卑微願望就是趕快存一筆錢,給他年幼的小兒子,還有回去探望病重的母親,問題是寄人籬下的日子相當難熬。來台三年的麗麗,還沒資格取得公民權,對台式民主卻已了然於胸。她希望有一天能自己開店做生意,也為大陸的破舊老家重蓋新房。但有時在與老公激烈爭吵後, 她又很想乾脆離婚回家。現實與理想的差距, 就像兩岸的距離一樣,有時很近,有時好遠。
 
After three decades of cold war between Taiwan and China, cross-strait exchange in the private sector finally appeared in the 1980s. Another 30 years have passed, and cross-strait tension seems to have reduced due to increasing tourist and business activities. However, the truth is that distrust is still deeply rooted in people’s minds.
 
KE, an unsuccessful Taiwanese company owner, accepts a managerial job in China trying to set up a different career. Lili, a female worker migrating from inland to the coastal city of Shenzhen, China, prepares herself for a new life with her keypal-turned-husband in Taiwan.
 
KE’s only wish now is to save some money for his young son and to visit his ailing mother in Taiwan. But when his livelihood is dependent on others, his wishes are hard to achieve. Li-li doesn’t have the right to vote in Taiwan but embraces Taiwanese democracy. She wants to open up her own business in order to help her aging parents. But when Li-li and her husband can’t see eye to eye, her loneliness makes her wish for China.
 
The realities and dreams, like the distance between Taiwan and China, can seem so close yet so far.
 
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