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 captures these intimate narratives through lyrical imagery, portraying 15 independent Taiwanese bookstores and preserving fading stories and quiet cultural resilience.
Hou Chi-jan
Director
Baraka82%
Naqoyqatsi61%
My Mom Jayne80%
I Am Heath Ledger74%
Alone in the Wilderness79%
Heart of a Dog65%
Love, Marilyn66%
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library64%
Samsara80%
Katy Perry: Part of Me71%
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home67%
Being James Bond77%
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends71%
Justin Bieber's Believe69%
Maria by Callas73%
Elstree 197661%
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction69%
Nothing Like a Dame68%
Above Majestic73%
Western Stars70%
