Awake Before Your Gaze
Two mixed-race children of the US military in Taiwan, one speaking Hakka, the other Taiwanese.In the ruins of a former military dormitory, they speak slowly, uncovering a history their faces and languages could never fully inhabit, their memories moving like ghosts along the edges of history.
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Two mixed-race children of the US military in Taiwan, one speaking Hakka, the other Taiwanese. In the ruins of a former military dormitory, they speak slowly, uncovering a history their faces and languages could never fully inhabit, their memories moving like ghosts along the edges of history.
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- Release date
- Oct 16, 2025
- Runtime
- 0h 20m
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- Language
- Mandarin
- Country
- Taiwan
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