Somewhere I Have Never Traveled (帶我去遠方)

Director: Fu Tien Yu (傅天余)

Actors:
You Xin (游昕)
Li Yun Yun (李芸妘)
Lin Bo Hong (林柏宏)
Zhou Yong Xuan (周詠軒)
Lin Mei Shiu (林美秀)
Mei Fang (梅芳)
Li Yong Feng (李永豐)

A coming of age movie about cousins living in a coastal town itching to get out. Ah-Hsien (Lin Bo Hong) is saving money to escape the small town to New York with his boyfriend; while Ah-Gui (Li Yung Yun & You Xin) wants to go to a secluded island promised by Ah-Hsien. Ah-Gui becomes extremely jealous when Ah-Hsien becomes involved with someone and spirals downward into becoming a snappy melodramatic diva. Somewhere I Have Never Traveled is about adolescents discovering who they are and journeying down a new path in life.

Somewhere I Have Never Traveled is beautifully shot with vibrant colors and there's an innocence and purity to the cinematography that feasts the eyes. Li Yung Yun was so great playing the young Ah-Gui. She possess the innocence of a young girl when she's sharing the screen with Ah-Hsien. When she's alone she's melancholy and exudes old soul when she speaks. Lin Bo Hong also did a good job playing a teenager who's discovering his sexuality when a foreigner from japan (周詠軒) visits the small remote coastal town to visit the temple-church with a painting of the last supper with chinese mythology icons. I'm afraid this is another not-so-happy ending for the gay boy. Don't hesitate to watch this. It will definitely keep you engaged.