Far: The Story of a Journey Around the World

Far: The Story of a Journey Around the World

Patrick Allgaier, Gwendolin Weisser / 2017 / Germany / 127min / documentary / German, English / English & Chinese subtitles

Taiwan Premiere

3.5 years, 667 cars, and 97,000km

Germany’s biggest box office documentary of 2017, with 500,000+ tickets sold

“More than anything it makes you feel hopeful. In this day and age it is the perfect answer to distrust, fear and xenophobia.” –– Christof Gerlitz, SWR Television

“An homage to humanity.” –– Badische Zeitung

“This film had no marketing budget, no advertising schedule, no subsidies… When has a phenomenon like this ever hit our cinemas before?” –– Hermann Thieken, Chair of AG Kino

This is a true story of a couple who hitchhiked nearly 100,000 km during three and a half years of life on the road. Setting out from Freiburg, Germany, Patrick and Gwendolin traveled around the world without airplanes, hitching rides with anyone who would take them, sleeping in tents, crossing oceans on boats, and trying to spend as little money as possible. All they needed to start was their natural curiosity, and what kept them going was their faith in humanity. Moving through Europe, Muslim central Asia, China, Japan, the US and Central America, they discover that home is truly just a state of mind. The film began as phone videos, brief snapshots of chance encounters from life on the road. As these snapshots accumulate, an amazing and and rich panorama begins to emerge. It’s the great pageant of humankind, shot from the side of the road with a thumb sticking out at the next approaching vehicle. The experiences become richer and deeper, and Patrick and Gwen grow and change with them. As Gwen says, “It’s not a trip, it’s a stage in life where we’re traveling.”

電影播放時間 Screening Times:
5/18 (Sat/六) 20:50
5/26 (Sun/日) 16:50

播放地點 Screening Location
真善美戲院 WONDERFUL THEATER
7F #116 Hanzhong St, Wanhua District, Taipei
台北市萬華區漢中街116號7樓