

The Strangers (2018)
異鄉人
Overview
On weekends or holidays, the Zhongli train station in Taiwan is always filled with migrant workers who moved to seek out better economic or living conditions. In 1949, millions of Chinese soldiers and civilians migrated to Taiwan; they are regarded as ‘displaced persons’. Yuan’s father was one of these immigrants, a refugee of the civil war, a stranger away from home. For The Strangers, Yuan uses a high-speed camera and a high-lumen spotlight to shoot from the moving passenger car through the window. As the camera captures the face of each person standing on the platform, these strangers transform into sculptures, frozen in time.
Where to watch The Strangers
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| United States | DocAlliance Films | DocAlliance Films | — |
| United Kingdom | DocAlliance Films | — | — |
| Canada | DocAlliance Films | DocAlliance Films | — |
| Ireland | DocAlliance Films | DocAlliance Films | — |
| India | DocAlliance Films | DocAlliance Films | — |
| Germany | DocAlliance Films | DocAlliance Films | — |
| France | DocAlliance Films | DocAlliance Films | — |
| Spain | DocAlliance Films | DocAlliance Films | — |
| Italy | DocAlliance Films | DocAlliance Films | — |
| Netherlands | DocAlliance Films | DocAlliance Films | — |
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What is The Strangers about?
On weekends or holidays, the Zhongli train station in Taiwan is always filled with migrant workers who moved to seek out better economic or living conditions. In 1949, millions of Chinese soldiers and civilians migrated to Taiwan; they are regarded as ‘displaced persons’. Yuan’s father was one of these immigrants, a refugee of the civil war, a stranger away from home. For The Strangers, Yuan uses a high-speed camera and a high-lumen spotlight to shoot from the moving passenger car through the window. As the camera captures the face of each person standing on the platform, these strangers transform into sculptures, frozen in time. The Strangers is a Documentary movie, released on 2018-06-01, runtime 6 minutes.
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Directed by
Yuan Goang-ming
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