从瑞典到台湾,奇奇(潘妮拉·奥古斯特PernillaAugust饰)与16岁的儿子维特(路威·帕莫LudwigParmell饰)一路走来,满怀心事。已步入中年的母亲奇奇突发奇想,决定带着和自己几乎没有交流的儿子去台湾旅行。母子俩人住在台北的一家小旅馆里,白天,奇奇尝试着鼓起勇气去找和自己网恋已久的张先生(曾志伟饰),维特则一个人在台北的大街小巷闲逛。奇奇几次三番前往张先生公司,可是都没有鼓志勇气走到张先生面前,维特在闲逛时认识了和自己年纪相仿的朋友弟弟(黄河饰)。在弟弟的帮助下,奇奇最终见到张先生,却引来一场尴尬。之后,奇奇母子和弟弟三人结伴前往日月潭。在相处中,维特和弟弟的关系越来越好,可是和母亲的关系却一直没有缓和……\r本片2009年在釜山国际电影节和斯德哥尔摩电影节都有所斩获。
Akilla's Escape weaves the present and past in a crime-noir about the urban child-soldier. Set in Toronto and New York where over 450,00 Jamaicans reside, the story speaks to the historical criminalization of black boys that modern society overlooks.Akilla Brown is forty-years-old and for the first time in his life, the clandestine cannabis grow operation he runs is legit. Only one year into government approval legalization, the pendulum of hypocrisy takes a toll and Akilla decides to cash out. While making a routine delivery on a cool, summer night, destiny takes an unexpected turn when Akilla confronts a firestorm of masked youths in an armed robbery.In the aftermath of the heist, Akilla captures one of the thieves, a mute fifteen-year-old boy named Sheppard. Upon leaning the bandits are affiliated with the Garrison Army, a Jamaican crime syndicate his grandfather founded. Akilla is forced to reckon with a cycle of violence he thought he escaped.