Description

He is an ex-con who tries to turn over a new leaf by working at a laundry store. She is a young woman with physical disability and is taken in to help out in the store since her parents passed away. There has been so little freedom that they can enjoy and they keep yearning. But is the world willing to give them more?

Director's Bio

Born in 1985 in Malaysia, Sam Quah is skilled in using symbolism and metaphor to present his unique view on humanity. He is currently a graduate student in the directing program of the Department of Filmmaking, Taipei National University of the Arts. “The Free Man” is his second short film.

Credits

Writer: Yu Li Chen
Producers: Wang Tong, Lin Tian-Guei

Precedes

1. 

   Eric

   Andrew Lee / Program 2: Dark Passage / Australia / 2014 / Drama / 15 mins

   Tucked away in a forgotten and isolated motel, a “lad” encounters a returning solider coping with post-traumatic stress disorder. The brief encounter is a soft collision of two characters both lost and trying to find themselves within each other.

   Preceded by: The Free Man

   Precedes: What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger

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Plays in

1. 

   Program 2: DARK PASSAGE

   Program 2: Dark Passage / 94 mins

   In DARK PASSAGE, six filmmakers shine a light onto what happens when tragic and unforseeable circumstances test the limits of the human soul. From a reinterpreted Greek tragedy played out on China's waterways in "A Grand Canal," to a woman's final wish to her own rapist and would-be murderer in "What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger," these films explore six very different interpretations of Invictus (Latin, for "unconquered" - from a poem by William Ernest Henley): Out of the night that covers me...I thank whatever gods may be, for my unconquerable soul."

   In This Program: My Red Guard, Nighthawks, What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger, Eric, A Grand Canal, The Free Man

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Preceded By

1. 

   A Grand Canal

   Johnny Ma / Program 2: Dark Passage / China / 2013 / Melodrama / 19..5 mins

   "A Greek tragedy told in a Chinese pop song" that outlines the tragic events of a boat Captain who must collect a debt to save his fleet of boats, as remembered by his ten year old son.

   Precedes: The Free Man

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