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115th Year Film Art Sharing Project -- Firefly Cinema "Hunter Brothers" (獵人兄弟) Including Post-Screening Discussion
Director Su Hung-en (蘇弘恩), who has half Truku (太魯閣) and half Hokkien Han (閩南漢族) heritage, makes his feature film directorial debut. Golden Horse Award winners Hsu Yi-fan (徐詣帆), Ma Chih-hsiang (馬志翔), and Lin Ching-tai (林慶台) co-star, reuniting on screen after "Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale" (賽德克.巴萊), profoundly interpreting a contemporary indigenous family story.
Synopsis
Lin Hsiang and Lin Cheng are brothers. An accident while hunting with their father in the mountains changes everything, leading them down different life paths. Lin Cheng goes to prison for a firearm discharge, while Lin Hsiang successfully obtains his medical license and serves in the tribe. Years later, Lin Cheng returns home after release, disrupting Lin Hsiang's stable life. Facing the familiar valley that is no longer the same, their conflicting values, and the crumbling truth of past guilt and arguments, the hunter brothers return to that forest. In this place of origin, can they regain their lost bond?
Golden Horse Award winners Hsu Yi-fan (徐詣帆), Ma Chih-hsiang (馬志翔), and Lin Ching-tai (林慶台) co-star, reuniting on screen after "Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale" (賽德克.巴萊), profoundly interpreting a contemporary indigenous family story. Director Su Hung-en (蘇弘恩), who has half Truku (太魯閣) and half Hokkien Han (閩南漢族) heritage, makes his feature film directorial debut. Prepared over four years and filmed on location in Hualien (花蓮), the film starts from sibling bonds, extending to explore hunting culture facing forest loss, tribal transformation, and the conflict and suppression of guilt and morality in interpersonal relationships. Amidst quiet shots, it probes the changing thoughts of the mountain forest and land, and uncovers the possibility of healing in dark guilt.
Synopsis
Lin Hsiang and Lin Cheng are brothers. An accident while hunting with their father in the mountains changes everything, leading them down different life paths. Lin Cheng goes to prison for a firearm discharge, while Lin Hsiang successfully obtains his medical license and serves in the tribe. Years later, Lin Cheng returns home after release, disrupting Lin Hsiang's stable life. Facing the familiar valley that is no longer the same, their conflicting values, and the crumbling truth of past guilt and arguments, the hunter brothers return to that forest. In this place of origin, can they regain their lost bond?
Golden Horse Award winners Hsu Yi-fan (徐詣帆), Ma Chih-hsiang (馬志翔), and Lin Ching-tai (林慶台) co-star, reuniting on screen after "Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale" (賽德克.巴萊), profoundly interpreting a contemporary indigenous family story. Director Su Hung-en (蘇弘恩), who has half Truku (太魯閣) and half Hokkien Han (閩南漢族) heritage, makes his feature film directorial debut. Prepared over four years and filmed on location in Hualien (花蓮), the film starts from sibling bonds, extending to explore hunting culture facing forest loss, tribal transformation, and the conflict and suppression of guilt and morality in interpersonal relationships. Amidst quiet shots, it probes the changing thoughts of the mountain forest and land, and uncovers the possibility of healing in dark guilt.
Event Details
- 2026-09-23 — 國立暨南國際大學