The Extra's Journey (Taiwan) by Hsin-Yu Wu
Documentary Films - Sydney World Film Festival • 1h 30m
Would you still be willing to try if you have a dream that no one thinks you can achieve? This is a Taiwanese story of struggles among dreams, reality and families.
Queenie is a girl who has left her hometown to work in the capital city of Taipei. She is an extra actor and works part-time nurse in a beauty clinic; she hopes to become a professional actress one day. But the working environment often requires women to do very unusual performances. So for the career expectation, she can only accept the situations.
Ke-Han is a Taiwanese who is turning 30. Although he doesn't look like a star from his look, his biggest dream is to work with his idol, the martial art actor Donnie Yen one day. So he got into the circle of extra actors and started to learn to become a martial artist. As an extra, he works through various film productions and is willing to take all performing-related jobs for his living.
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