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Century Egg

Charles Chen Barratt · Taiwan · Drama · 16 min · 4K views

Directed by Charles Chen Barratt · Starring Justin Chien, Chien-Ho Wu, Chen Yiwen · 2024

Returning to Taiwan after decades away, Daniel wanders a city he no longer recognizes alongside a stranger.

A haunting, nostalgic meditation on what we lose and keep when we leave home behind.

“Century Egg” is a short film by Director Charles Chen Barratt that invokes the feeling of returning home. “If you leave somewhere long enough,” he says, “you leave behind the memories too.” The film is part rediscovery,

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