After graduating from the Department of Motion Picture at the National Taiwan University of Arts, Lu Yuan-chi participated in nearly forty productions across fiction and documentary, commercials, short films, television drama, and music videos. He has worked as a documentary director since 2006. His long-term collaboration with director Shen Ko-shang began in 2007; they co-founded a studio in 2008 and have since created several films together.
LA PALOMA
LA PALOMA
LA PALOMA
Synopsis
Known as ‘Pa Nana’, a celebrated Latin singer in 1950s–60s Taiwan, Kao Chu-hua supported her family through nightclub performances after her father’s execution during the White Terror. Drawing on family testimonies and newly declassified archives, the film reconstructs her life under state surveillance, revealing survival beneath authoritarian rule and enforced silence.
Lu Yuan-chi: ‘Knowing Kao Chu-hua’s story, her survival feels almost miraculous. This film begins with a simple yet haunting question: how do the survivors live now?The tragic mist of oppression still lingers over her family today. We trace her life from an elite daughter, to the nightclub singer “Pa Nana,” and finally to a collapsing mother.Through surveillance records, we uncover the invisible weight that forced her to renounce her own identity. These families have endured in silence, not out of weakness, but to protect the next generation. They do not seek apologies, but the understanding necessary to live with dignity. May this film offer them a small measure of liberation.’
Director's Profile
LU Yuan-chi
Filmography
2011 Children from the Distant Planet
2018 My Wedding Album
2019 Archiving Time
2026 LA PALOMA
Credit
Executive Producer｜Elaine HSIUNG, SHEN Ko-shang
Producer｜HUNG Ting-yi
Cinematographer｜LIN Yu-sheng, LU Yuan-chi
Editor｜FU Yue, HSU Hong-yuan
Animation｜CHEN Huai-zai
Sound Design｜TAI Chih-kuang
Print Source
Thirty-Seven Degrees Productions｜ Lise CHANG｜lise818work@gmail.com