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Poetries from the Bookstores: Somewhere I Belong (书店里的影像诗:停驻与穿越) (2025)

dir. Hou Chi-jan

Each bookstore forms its own poetic landscape: gentle hands restoring old books, a bookstore owner guiding customers on herbal hikes, an eco-activist protecting mountains through reading, and a woman from a fishing community preserving local memories. Director Hou Chi-Jan uses lyrical imagery to portray 15 independent Taiwanese bookstores, preserving their fading stories and quiet cultural resilience.

Rating: PG
Documentary
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Poetries from the Bookstores: Somewhere I Belong (书店里的影像诗:停驻与穿越) (2025) film poster