Last night I went to a move "Cape 7" in a movie theater nearby my current company.
This movie is the best Taiwan movie I have even seen in recent years. The whole story composes of two stories: a story that was 60 years ago, and a story that Taiwanese want to build a music group in a show.
The movie location is a small town in southern Taiwan: a young guy decides to go back to his home town after dozen year struggle in the biggest city in Taiwan-Taipei. He decides to leave this place because he is not famous in this place.
When he goes back to his home town, he find a postman job. He delivers daily until one day he finds a returned package from Japan. He opens it and it tells a love story 60 years ago. A Japanese teacher and a local Taiwanese girl. In 1945 when Japan lost the World War II, the noble arrogance became shame, the Japanese teacher returned to his home town. The unchanged thing was the love for the Taiwan girl. He wrote 7 love letters in the ship returned to Japan. Each day a letter. In 2008, the Japanese teacher's daughter mailed it to Taiwan to that lady with a girl photo when he took it before 1945. Because the address was old Taiwan address, the package can not be delivered.
In another scene, a local Taiwan southern town decides to hold a music show. They decide to have local team as the beginning of that show. It is not easy to find a local music group, so they decide to form a group. In the beginning, it is not easy to do it. There are many arguments between this group. Some of them leave because of bad music skills or by an accident.
At the end, by an accident, the love story finds the 1945 girl and the postman delivers that package to that woman. The local music team also has a successful show.
There are still some untold issues in this movie. However, there is no need to give answers to them.
Why this movie touches local people's heart? Because all stories are usually seen in Taiwan, local people know this is life.
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Yup, I saw Cape 7 too. In the middle part of the movie, I felt like crying inside me. I don't know why it touches me somehow.
Of course, some scenes are not very clear to me. But the thing really matters is that this movie does bring out the true life for most of the people. Although, it seems to be a very simple story happens to any corner of the world. But it is everybody's portrayal. Life seems to be simple but it is not easy. That's why life chapter is beautiful~
PS. Oliver said he may not be understanding the whole definition of the movie...haaaaaa He is very different.
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