Year Without a Summer
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Country/Region:
Malaysia
Release Year: 2010
Release Year: 2010
Story:
Maybe I forgot to tell you, I am quite obsessed with unnecessary knowledge. When I was 12, I read an encyclopedia cover to cover. I found the title “Year Without A Summer” from Wikipedia. It was 1816, and there was no summer in that year. In some places in America and China, there were even snowfalls during summer. I can imagine the climate abnormalities must have stirred a sense of doom day at that time. The crops died, the sky was often orange tinted, famines and war broke out everywhere... the fear, and the confusion. Many years later, scientists believe that the climate abnormalities were mainly caused by the eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia of 1815, the largest known eruption in over 1,600 years. My story is not about volcano eruption, nor climate abnormalities. My story is about how people often live, without knowing much about what happened to them. In a way, my film is about history of sadness.
Maybe I forgot to tell you, I am quite obsessed with unnecessary knowledge. When I was 12, I read an encyclopedia cover to cover. I found the title “Year Without A Summer” from Wikipedia. It was 1816, and there was no summer in that year. In some places in America and China, there were even snowfalls during summer. I can imagine the climate abnormalities must have stirred a sense of doom day at that time. The crops died, the sky was often orange tinted, famines and war broke out everywhere... the fear, and the confusion. Many years later, scientists believe that the climate abnormalities were mainly caused by the eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia of 1815, the largest known eruption in over 1,600 years. My story is not about volcano eruption, nor climate abnormalities. My story is about how people often live, without knowing much about what happened to them. In a way, my film is about history of sadness.
Casts & Crews:
Tan Chui Mui
Directors
Runtime:
87 mintues
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Subtitles:
Chinese，English
Festivals & Awards:
2010 Busan International Film Festival, Korea 2010 Tokyo Film Festivaltional Film Festival, Japan 2010 International Film Festival Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2010 Cinemanila International Film Festival, Philippines
2010 Busan International Film Festival, Korea 2010 Tokyo Film Festivaltional Film Festival, Japan 2010 International Film Festival Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2010 Cinemanila International Film Festival, Philippines
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Tan Chui Mui
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