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International Premiere Go Grandriders

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Aging · Adventure · Biography

  • CountryTaiwan
  • Production Year2012
  • Running Time90min
  • FormatDCP
  • ColorColor
Program Note
A group of octogenarians ride scooters across Taiwan despite their families’ worries and fears on a grand adventure that proves dreams and passion don’t fade away with the onset of old age. Seventeen Grandriders get licenses and practice hard in preparation for the big trip. They are not unusually healthy elders: some of them fight cancer, a lot of them suffer high blood pressure or heart disease, it’s a given that all of them have joint pains. However their enthusiasm measures no less than men and women a half, or a quarter, their age carrying dreams on their scooters. The Grandriders’ trip isn’t just about the process of overcoming old age. The journey compels each of the bikers to look back at their past. While being nostalgic about their passionate youth, they realize their lingering hatreds and disgraces from the island’s history of war have faded over time. They wash off their past in Taiwan’s turbulent development, riding away on their scooters. (CHO Young-jung)
Director
Director
Tien-hao HUA
Born in 1981 in Taipei, Hua Tian-hao has engaged in the production of documentaries, commercials and promotion videos since 2002. He harbors the creative philosophy that film is but a media by which to transmit ideas. His works include <Island Etude> (2006, Still Photographer), <Chen Yin-Hui> (2009), <Greeting the Future> (2011).
Credit
  • Director
    Tien-hao HUA
  • ProducerWANG Nai-hung
    HUA Tien-hau
    CHANG CHao-wei
    CHEN Ruby
  • Production CompanyMerry-Go-Round Studio
    xenia@mgrstudio.net
  • World SalesCNEX Foundation Limited
    erica.cclin@cnex.org.tw
Photo
BNK Busan Bank
GENESIS
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Co., Ltd.
NUTRILITE
NAVER
카카오 오픈채팅
PARADISE HOTEL BUSAN
Korea Exchange
POSCO
Shinhan Card
Debeach Golf Club
TOPTEN10
CJ CGV
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
Busan Metropolitan City
Korean Film Council
BUSAN CINEMA CENTER