Official Selection

Taiwan 2017
Duration: 08:34
Directed by: Chiang Yao
Screenplay: Chiang Yao
Animation: Chiang Yao, Wing Lin, Yngyn Lee
Technique: 3D Computer Animation
Music: Katy Jarzebowski
Production/School: Yiju Chiang
Dialogue language: No Dialogue
Subtitles language: English, Chinese

A camel, on a quest to find his missing wife in the desert, faces the dilemma of chasing his treasure or continuing his journey. ‘St(r)ay’ is a story of how someone recognizes the most important thing in life amid chaos caused by dementia. 駱駝先生在沙漠裡尋找失蹤的妻子，沿途接踵而來的插曲不斷阻礙他前進。 "(迷)留"是個從失智的混亂中找尋生命最重要事物的故事，為了讓觀眾更貼切感受失智患者的主觀心境，因此劇情並不具體呈現主角對於失智症狀的認知，而是將抽象與隱喻手法結合視覺上的設定，逐步引領觀眾步入主角的心境，透過主角以駱駝形象登場，表達他已遺忘了自己是誰，甚至失去了自我身為「人」的認知；而人形的妻子在結尾時的形象轉變，也呼應了主角不只遺忘了自己，還遺忘了包括親人在內的所有人。 過程中，飛散的鈔票代表的是主角對名利曾有的渴望，承載回憶的家具與房子四處散落意味著主角混亂與錯置的記憶，而碎裂的沙漏則是貫穿全劇的主意象，猶如故事中的沙塵暴與隨之而來的天地倒轉，主角的記憶也在破碎的時間感中如散沙般一去不回。

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