MALAYSIA, TAIWAN / 2010 / Chinese / Color / Video / 124 min
Director: Nova Goh
Email: equator.red@gmail.com

The Red Rain On the Equator 赤道雨

Synopsis
The director learned of both his family's past and the revolutionary movement in his hometown of Borneo when he received a letter from his mother. The film reveals the forgotten history of the Malaysian independence movement and unearths the story of the former guerrilla fighters who threw their entire being into the subsequent revolution. While the revolutionaries now lead ordinary lives, their youth is brought back to us through private footage recorded of their training and life in the mountains. Using the historical stage of the invasion as a backdrop, the film explores that Chinese Identity which lives just beneath the equator.

简介

从母亲寄来的一封信，导演获悉了其亲戚的过往及其故乡婆罗洲所发生过的一场革命。影片揭示了被遗忘的北婆罗洲独立运动史-前游击队员在镜头面前讲述他们如何献身于革命，如何至死不渝的信仰共产主义。当斗争从最高潮到突如其来的崩解，当生活日趋平淡，他们的青春却经由未曾曝光的毛片，意外的展示于世人面前：军中生活的点点滴滴，森林里集体生存的意志，所有发光的回忆… 结合历史舞台剧的铺陈，也藉此探讨了赤道下华人的生存语境。

Director's Statement 导演自述

I think I am a collector rather than a film director. Instead of collecting items, I collect stories; especially aspiring stories such as these former fighters who appear in front of my camera – how the dreamers fight for their dreams! They lived through turbulent times with unshakeable faith, they believed in a beautiful dream without any doubt which led to a struggle that lasted for half a century.

Even though they failed to reach their goal, but they left a mark in Malaysia's road to independence. When they walk in the street, they look no different from any other people; however, when you look into their eyes, you know there's a great story to be told, something you can never take away from them.

They have experienced a lifetime full of thriller where most people would never imagine. Their “wonderful world” did not come true at the end, but wonderful things happened to all great fighters and it's a memory worth to be kept forever.

与其说我是一名电影工作者不如说我具有搜集故事的癖好。我搜集所有的故事，尤其是那些出现在我镜头底下的，共产党员的故事。他们是如斯的耀眼！他们相信一个巨大的梦在一个巨大的时代，因为死心塌地的相信这个梦而开始了这场长达半世纪的革命历程！

就算最后他们失败了，但是有一些美丽的东西永远的飘留在时间的河流里。当他们走在街上，看起来和平常人并没有不同，但当你看进他们的双眼，藏者动人的闪烁！那是一种高峰的经验，没有人可以从他们身上带走这些。

革命以后的美好年代从来没有到来，但是最美的或许是革命本身，关于革命的美好永存，当人们还持续相信着革命！

Cast & Credits

Director : Nova Goh
Producer: Alfie Chen
Executive producer: Clive Chai
Photography: Nova Goh, Alfie Chen
Boom Operator: Alfie Chen
Lighting: Jack Lee
Production Asistant: Chi
Music by Jerry Su
Translator: Esther Choo

Director's biography导演简介

Nova Goh Born and breed in Borneo where the land is full of wonderful and exotic culture - the land of the hornbill. Went to Taiwan in 1999 to further study in Visual Communication at National Taiwan University of Arts. During his stay in Taiwan as a foreign student, he was influenced by the promising growth of Indie Movie scene, and started to involve into various short film making projects. In year 2008, went back to homeland in Borneo to begin Red Rain on The Equator project, where he directed his first full length documentary.

吴康豪，生于婆罗洲，并成长于这片充满着热带风光，人称“犀鸟之乡”的土地。1999年，远赴台湾国立艺术大学攻读视觉传达。在台留学期间，因深受当时当地活跃的独立电影场景影响而开始拍摄短片。2008 年，回到其故乡婆罗洲，开始执导其第一部记录长片<赤道雨>。