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Short Film Special Screening
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World premiere

Duet

Synopsis

As her mother suffers through the final stages of terminal pancreatic cancer, cello teacher Chung Yi spends her days commuting back and forth between music lessons and hospital visits. One day, in the absence of a caretaker, Chung Yi is left to change her mother’s diaper and clean up her excrement. Tensions explode in a perfect storm of inner panic as the mother grapples with a loss of dignity in front of her daughter, while Chung Yi searches for the strength to provide for her dying mother’s needs.

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Director

SU Pei-yi

Su Pei-yi was born in Taiwan in 1980. She is a highly-experienced film editor and was nominated for Best Editor at the 2020 Golden Horse Awards for The Silent Forest. Duet is her debut directorial work.

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