Oom is an illegal worker in a rough province of Taiwan. He has no papers or formal training but is good at caring for the elderly and disabled. When his situation as a caregiver in the mountains becomes too much for him, he has to choose between survival or dignity.
Presented in the Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival, where it received a special mention from the Caméra d’Or award for best first film.
Mongrel
2024
16 years
128 min.
Fiction
Taiwan, Singapore, France
Taiwan, Singapore, France, immigration, social portrait, work, international film festivals, awarded films
Colorido
Chiang Wei Liang
Yin You Qiao
Chiang Wei Liang
Michaël Capron
Dounia Sichov
Wanlop Rungkumjad, Lu Yi-ching, Hong Yu-hung, Kuo Shu-wei, Atchara Suwan
Lai Weijie, Lynn Chen, Chu Yun-ting
E&W Films, Le Petit Jardin
Alpha Violet
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