7 days in Heaven
Streaming video - 2010
Adapted from Essay Liu's tearjerking autobiographical essay that won Taiwan's top literacy award, Seven Days in Heaven is a sentimental and insightful comedy about the formalities of death. Mei's father just passed away. She and relatives domestic and abroad set off for their home village to attend the 7-day mourning ritual hosted by a Daoist priest. Together the modernized international urbanites experience reverse-cultural shock with rural traditions that are as fascinating as exhausting. The rare reunion lets the new generation reflect on their interaction with the old man and piece together a fuller image that couldn't be seen from each individual's perspective. After the funeral, each family member moves on to ...life elsewhere with a deepened connection to their root. Mei finally gets to cope with the loss in her very own way.
- Subjects
- Genres
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Published
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[United States] :
Cheng Cheng Films
2010.
- Language
- Chinese
- Corporate Author
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- Other Authors
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- Online Access
- Instantly available on hoopla.
Cover image - Physical Description
- 1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 93 min.)) : sd., col
- Format
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Audience
- Not rated.
- Production Credits
- Directed by Yu-Lin Wang.
- Access
- AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).