| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺北藝術大學 === 電影創作學系碩士班 === 105 === Agape is a script for a full-length dramatic film. It is a day in the life of protagonist Ying-Wen, spent on a small island. Ying-Wen, 35, has lost the sense of direction in his life after both of his parents died from illness. His cousin invites him back to the island of his childhood to look after his aunt and her stroke-stricken husband. He gets reacquainted with his first love and a good friend from high school. Emotions stirred up by these different kinds of love and attraction (familial, friendly, and physical) produce sparks which rekindle his passion for life. After a near-death experience while drowning, Ying-Wen is born again and opens his heart once again to love.
The film is an encouragement to “love as if you had never been hurt before.” The plot comes from the author’s real life experience. The author wants to take the reader on a journey to contemplate this question: Is life worth living if it is condemned to nothingness in the end? The movie is framed by a field survey in which psychological studies of bereavement are collected in order to better understand the protagonist’s mindset. The movie shares spiritual and stylistic affinities with such movies as Taste of Cherry, Good Will Hunting, Still Walking, and Before Sunset. Faced with life’s big questions, perhaps what we need is not an answer but a state of mind. The author wishes to create a heart-warming movie that is honest while eschewing naiveté or sophistication.
Finally, the author’s desire is to continue writing stories which can stand on their own yet ultimately find their proper places in the grand jigsaw puzzle of life, in the spirit of Annie Proulx when she wrote Close Range.
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