Screening Mystery—Tracing Themes, Human and Divine, in Film (film presentation followed by discussion)

Date: Wednesday, June 5, 2013 7:30pm
Address: Saint Luke’s Church (85 Greenway South, Forest Hills, Queens)
Free admission

Love is Sin (2012, Taiwan)

In a small Taiwanese village surrounded by charming scenery, the kind middle-aged storeowner A-mien welcomes people, especially children, with her warm tea eggs at the tiny grocery store she runs. One day, Midori encounters a handsome foreign stranger named Jimmy on his way back to the village. Everyone believes that Jimmy is a young priest from America and A-mien asks him to teach her English. But on Christmas Eve, A-mien sits alone at the church and confesses to God that she is sinful of something that she has kept in secret for more than thirty years. LOVE IS SIN is a sweet haunting tale about human redemption.

Screening Mystery is an educational program of Saint Luke’s Church offered to church members free of charge. The one time showing of the movie is presented as a discussion starter for people to consider aspects of religious faith and spiritual development. Movies are chosen because they depict themes that assist in this discussion and exploration.

LOVE IS SIN is chosen in these film festivals.

2013 Newport Beach Film Festival
2013 CinemAsia Film Festival
2012 World Film Festival of Bangkok
2011 HAWAII International Film Festival
2011 Macaw International Movie Festival

《白天的星星》(Love is Sin)是導演黃朝亮繼2009年《夏天協奏曲》後推出的第二部作品。他將投身紀錄片多年的創作經驗，將小人物的真實生活與細膩情感，融入對土地環境的關懷。劇組在拍攝期間跑遍北部的泰雅部落與山區來拍攝取景，將讓所有觀眾看見專屬於台灣高山部落的自然美景與生態環境。希望透過這次的部落故事，能勾起大家的兒時回憶，並帶給觀眾最可愛懷舊的台灣味道。一部拍出台灣山區美麗景色的清新電影，另有濃厚人情味題材!

Direction:
Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church, 85 Greenway South, Forest Hills
Just west of Ascan Avenue at the corner of Harrow Street.
The nearest major intersection is Ascan Avenue and Greenway South.

Subway
Take the E, F, R or V train to 71st Avenue / Continental Avenue subway station. Walk south on Continental Avenue. Go under LIRR overpass and continue straight on Continental Avenue. Turn left on Harrow Street. The Church is straight ahead of you, just where Harrow Street turns sharply left and intersects with Greenway South.