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Cannot Live Without You

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No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti is a Taiwanese film directed by Leon Dai, a professional Taiwanese actor. It was his second film as a director. This film was also selected as the official entry for 82nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.

"No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti" is filmed entirely in black and white. The film has a somewhat unconventional structure, beginning at the halfway point. It is based on a true story.

But for all its art-house and documentary-esque aspirations, this story of a poor Hakka dock worker fighting to reclaim official parentage of his seven-year-old girl is one that will touch hearts. Unsuccessful and clinging to the faithful daughter, he threatens to jump off a bridge.

As helpless dad Li Wu Hsiung (played by the movie's screenwriter and first-time actor Chen Wen Pin) gets embroiled in bureaucratic red tape and does all he can to get his daughter back from government institutional care, even the most cynical of audiences can't help but feel for the guy.

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