Lee Chia-hua — Director (3)

Movie

The Spirit of Eight (2003)
25歲,國小二年級 Douban
other title: 25岁,国小二年级 / 25歲,國小二年級
At the age of eight, the now 25-year-old director caused an incident, which has remained traumatic as he became older. Although it seemed just a trivial matter, something one might expect from children, he obstinately questions his family, friends and teachers about what happened at that time. Worrying over the thoughts of dishonor he saw in his family’s eyes then, he has fostered a self-hatred over the years. As if reconstructing the past with his camera, he attempts to free himself of this self-hatred, shedding tears for himself at times and opening his own wounds, then healing them. What he has discovered through filmmaking was his once sealed “self.” The question now is, where to go from here?

Movie

Me and My Condemned Son (2019)
我的兒子是死刑犯 Douban
★ 6.8 11 ratings
other title: 我的儿子是死刑犯 / 我的兒子是死刑犯
死刑犯 A,殺害好友後勒贖。死刑犯陳昱安,砍殺 父親 111 刀。死刑犯鄭捷,於捷運上隨機殺人。「死 刑犯」是司法給他們的一個標籤,但這三個人作為 人的身分卻為人漠視,而至親所背負之痛,更從來 無人知曉⋯⋯。 曾以紀錄片《起點》、《我無罪,我是鄭性澤》長 期關注司法議題的導演李家驊,這次選擇了三位犯 行各異的死刑犯為主角,有人尚在服刑,有人在獄 中自戕身亡,有人已遭到槍決伏法。在「殺人償命」 的正義大纛前,他們的命運殊途同歸,宛如報廢的 物件,但在律師、死囚家屬面前,標籤之後卻是一 個個血肉之軀。全片以平實的採訪片段與報導影像, 不拘泥於法條本身,而是深刻表達了導演對「人」 的處境的關懷,爬梳現代台灣司法死刑史之餘,也 引出了對現行體制的叩問。