Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/03/18
By: Huang Ming-hsi and William Yen
Tokyo, March 18 (CNA) Taiwanese film “Take Me To the Moon” (帶我去月球) won the Asahi Broadcasting Corp. (ABC) Award with 1 million Japanese yen (US$9,438) in prize money at the 2018 Osaka Asian Film Festival (OAFF) Saturday.
The ABC Award is given to the most entertaining participating new film by ABC, a member of the OAFF Executive Committee, according to the OAFF website.
“Take Me To the Moon” is directed by Hsieh Chun-yi (謝駿毅) and stars Jasper Liu (劉以豪) and Vivian Sung (宋芸樺).
According to the 2018 OAFF website, the movie describes how the protagonist reunites with members of his high school rock band after many years at the funeral of their lead singer.
After the funeral, drunk, he gets hit by a car and becomes miraculously transported back to just a few days before his high school graduation in 1997, where his band is going to perform. [FULL STORY]