On Happiness Road

Directed by Sung Hsin-yin (宋欣穎)

2017•110 min
Featured in
At the Table

Synopsis

Does our dream always come true as we expected?

Chi earned her American dream after persevering with her studies in Taiwan. Following her grandmothers’ death, Chi returns to her family on Happiness Road, where she begins to feel nostalgic about her childhood and starts to contemplate the meaning of “life” and “home”. What is happiness? Will Chi find her own happiness?

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Selected Awards

Winner

Golden Horse Awards (55th)

Best Animated Feature Film (2018)

Winner

Tokyo Anime Award Festival

Best Feature Film (2018)

Winner

Taipei Film Festival

Grand Prize (2018)

Nominee

Academy Awards

Taiwan's Official Submission, Best Foreign Language Film (2018)

Footnote

  1. First

    Taiwan's official submission for Best Animated Feature consideration

Main Cast

Gwei Lun-MeiGwei Lun-MeiLin Shu-Chi (voice)
Wei Te-shengWei Te-shengWen (voice)
Chen Bo-zhengChen Bo-zhengLin's Father (voice)
Liao Hui-jenLiao Hui-jenLin's Mother (voice)
Bella WuBella WuYoung Lin Shu-Chi (voice)
GGGiwas GigoGranny (voice)
LCLi Chia-hsiuChuang Betty (voice)
PHPenny HuangYoung Chuang Betty (voice)

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