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Sakraĵe!

(Foto: WordPress.) Maljunulino telefonis al elektrofirmao por plendi kontraŭ du laboristoj, kiuj kverelis kaj sakris antaŭ ŝia hejmo dum riparado de kabloj. La ĉefo de la laboristoj vokis ilin al la oficejo por demandi ilin pri la okazaĵo. Li demandis Johanon: — Johano, kial vi kaj Petro kverelis kaj sakris hieraŭ antaŭ la hejmo de tiu maljuna sinjorino? — Tio ne estas vera, moŝta ĉefulo! —…

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Fandy Fan as Xia Yu Hao History 2: 越界 Crossing the Line (2021)

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A Balloon's Landing official trailer (eng sub)

starring: Fandy Fan and Terrance Lau, in cinemas May 10th

(1m39s) 08.04.24

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FANDY FAN and ZACH LU

HISTORY 2: CROSSING THE LINE (2018)

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Alinity licking Fandy's feet

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FANDY FAN x TERRANCE LAU. For Marie Claire Taiwan (2024).

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四樓的天堂 | Heaven on the 4th Floor (2021)

One drama has crept into my life during the last days of 2024 to become my favourite one I've watched this year, and I barely know how to start talking about it. But let's give this a go anyways.

Heaven on the 4th Floor (四樓的天堂) is a Taiwanese drama starring Anthony Wong, Hsieh Ying-xuan, and Fandy Fan. I would call it mostly slice-of-life with some melodrama, as there's no strongly focused overarching plot. Rather, it follows a cast of characters and the struggles/hurdles in their lives they have to face, all of whom are helped/guided by the something all of them have in common— seeing a tuina masseuse named Tianyi (Anthony Wong).

I don't quite know how to describe the way this show develops, as everyone's arcs separate and overlap at different times, but I would say Heaven at its core is about healing. First and foremost about healing the relationship one has with their body and oneself, but also those with other people, with the past, and with the present-day world around someone. There's some interesting juxtaposition between the physical healing Tianyi can offer his clients, and the mental healing Hsieh Ying-xuan's psychologist character provides for her own, with a look at how one cannot do the work of the other. Some characters are recurring throughout the show, others you get to watch take a step forward in the span of one episode, but eventually, no one remains where they were at the beginning.

The character who has the most growth throughout all this, in my opinion, is Fandy Fan's Yuzhou, a young graffiti artist. It's by meeting Tianyi that he gradually manages to stop hiding from the past, but also start looking with hope toward a future, and find a way to be better in tune with himself, his body, and the art he creates.

Aside from healing, Heaven is also about loss, and how someone reckons with it. Past loss (the disappearance of one's loved ones, the yearning for something you never got to have), present/recent loss (the death of a family member, the ending of a relationship), and loss that inevitably lies ahead (the destruction of one's home and the fight to resist it, even if it's all in vain). Characters war with their grief and are forced to find ways to release and gradually accept it, and while my heart ached for different people at different points in time, it was beautiful to watch.

I cannot stress enough that with all this combined, Heaven is one of the most cathartic pieces of media I've ever seen. I cried an unexpected number of times, from the beginning of the show to the end, and it was never, ever in a bad way. The three leads especially did a truly incredible job bringing the viewer into their lives, taking them along for the emotional ride, and I wish all the actors had won awards for that (only one of them did, but she truly deserved it).

Production-wise, I also adore the quality of this show. It's somehow very soothing to watch, visually, and the accompanying soundtrack made me tear up several times. I had to shake myself out of a daze every time I took a break from watching; it both felt like I'd run a marathon, but also had been sitting still, head quiet, and had had someone tell me not to worry about anything else in the world for a while. (It also made me feel more physically present in my body. My shoulders haven't been un-tense in years, and I think thanks to Heaven I'm going to have to do something about that.)

In addition, this isn't the main focus of the show, but queerness is worked into it in wonderfully ordinary ways. There's more than one queer character and a trans character who show up in this, and one protagonist who is either heavily coded as or possibly explicitly aroace spectrum, depending on how much you read into it. Her arc ended up being one of my favourites; the show deals with her relationships lining up with aroace experiences in a way I haven't really seen onscreen before.

Overall, I'm absolutely going to rewatch Heaven in the future, when I feel that I need to return to that story. If you want a grounded, very character-driven show to get gently lost in for a while, this is it.

(Though admittedly, I know this drama definitely isn't going to be for everyone. It's a little bit sleepy-going, and not everyone is interested in or is braced to deal with the emotions of the story. Normally even I'm not, but here I am. However, if you're interested, here's the trailer for Heaven on the 4th Floor:

And I don't tend to do this, but I'm also going to toss out two tracks that sound how this show feels, to me: In My Breath Again from the soundtrack of After Yang, and 披星戴月的想你 by Accusefive. Sit with those for a while and see what you think, if it helps you decide whether to watch or not.)

Note: Unless you have Taiwanese Netflix, you're gonna have to jump on the pirate ship to find this show. However, as far as I'm aware there have never been English subtitles made for it on any site, so if you can't read the Traditional Chinese in the episode raws, then you may have to sit this one out for the time being.)

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Original title: HIStory2: Yue Jie | HIStory2-越界.

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IT'S TIME!

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Art for @fandyjam, my 100th follower! 🎉

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The power of human heart is very strong. OH NO! HERE COMES TROUBLE l 不良執念清除師 (2023) dir.- LIN KUAN HUI

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A BALLOON'S LANDING (2024, TAIWAN)

Trailer Highlights

Premiere: May 10, 2024

Platform: No Information (No International Release Info currently)

Starring: Terrance Lau as Tian Yu

Fandy Fan as A Xiang

Director: Angel Teng

MDL SYNOPSIS: A frustrated Hong Kong writer, Tian Yu, meets a Taipei street gangster, Xiang, and the two of them embark on a journey to find the Bay of Vanishing Whales, a place that leads to paradise. Along the way, they discover unexpected twists and turns and close bonds, which brings out the message that "there is always someone like you in this world who is waiting for you.

A great story. Wonderful Actors. It would be a crime if this doesn't release internationally.

@pose4photoml @lutawolf @wanderlust-in-my-soul @pharawee @absolutebl

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A Balloon's Landing promotional photos

part 1 // part 2

To be released in theaters in the first half of 2024, as of making this post there are no news of international distribution.

07.03.24

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I have high expectations for this one 🙌

The sneak peeks are serving 🙏😎

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Nat Chen (with Fandy Fan & Berant Zhu) for Elle Taiwan in 2019, promoting their movie We Are Champions.

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