《TAIPEI TIMES》 Lai observes Formosa Incident memory at rally - 焦點 ltn.com.tw - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ltn.com.tw Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Taipei, July 15 (CNA) President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said the people of Taiwan's shared past underlined the need to preserve the freedoms of today, during a visit to a former detention site to mark 36 years since the lifting of martial law.
In the summer of 1979, during Taiwan's martial law period, Bing-Kuan asks her college friend Shu-Lan to help out on her family's banana plantation. As time goes by, the two girls secretly develop a romantic relationship, and decide to volunteer at the Formosa Magazine in order to promote democratic freedom of expression. Yet their youthful romance is threatened as the Kuomintang regime seeks to suppress dissident voices. Secrets of 1979 is the latest film by award-winning director Zero Chou. Depicting a turbulent period in Taiwan's history, Chou explores the connections between political and sexual awakening, the film offering a stark reminder of the forces that seek to suppress change.