浮球

The Floating Ball

孤懸台灣外海，狀若一漂流之球，古名曰：「琉球」。在小琉球島外圍，有另一群漂流的浮球，它們是大陸漁工的船屋，俗稱「海上旅館」，終年泊在小琉球外海，浮浮沈沈， 回不了家也上不了岸，只靠著夢牽繫彼方。 一群初來乍到的年輕大陸漁工，在生活條件極度惡劣的船屋裡，讀著家書，仍對未來充滿期盼； 阿生，漁工生涯超過五年，即將回鄉之際，已不認得孩子長什麼樣了；三十五歲的阿陽，老蹲在船舷邊發呆或唱歌，他說，人就像一隻海鳥，飛出去，沒有飛回來的時候。

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Liu-chiu, a small island, sits alone on the southwest side of Taiwan. Like a ball floating in the middle of the ocean, ancient people gave it the name “Liu-chiu”, which means floating ball. Surrounding this little island are more floating balls, but they are man-made boathouses where fishermen from Mainland China hired by the Taiwanese stay. At the time, it was illegal for them to be there due to the state of Taiwan-China relations. These balls had been floating for years on end and were called “on-the-sea hotels”. Divided into three segments, the film depicts the fate, the humanity and the destiny of these floating balls.