5 Lessons in Happiness: Baby Maybe 幸福選擇題五部曲:《偷一段幸福》

Format: Short
Sub-Format: Narrative
Genre: Comedy, Gay, Romantic Comedy
Production stage: Production
Countries of Origin: Taiwan
Countries of Filming: Taiwan
Film languages: Chinese
Estimated Production Date:
Team Leader: Zero Chou 周美玲
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Basic info

Logline

Feng is an only child and his parents are longing to have grandchildren, but it is difficult for a gay man to fulfill his parent’s dream.

Story

Fong and Fang are a gay couple together for eight years. Even after same-sex marriage has been legalized in Taiwan, Fong, his family’s only son, still cannot accept Fang’s proposal. Fong is also being pressured to have offspring, and he actually wants to have a child of his own. Fong’s student, Sayuri, happens to be pregnant at this very moment and seeks help from Fong to get an abortion, but Fong comes up with a different plan… Will everything work out for Fong?

More about this project

“5 Lessons in Happiness” focuses on LGBTQ+ issues from 5 different perspectives, including sex, family, bisexuality, transgender and how to raise children. The amazing crew is composed of Taiwanese directors, Zero Chou, Chen Yi-Yu, Hsieh Chih-wen, Adiamond Lee and Huang Ting-Chun (Fox). The films explore how LGBTQ+ people’s search for happiness through comedy. All of the shorts have open-endings and will let the audiences vote for their favorite one.

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Team Members

Zero Chou 周美玲

GOL Studios advocates for international collaboration: a film can be conceived anywhere, find local and foreign funding and resources in our platform and, then, be distributed to a worldwide audience. This is the idea of community we embrace and promote. GOL Studios is a hub for great ideas and projects but it is the community, its strength and pas MORE

周美玲
Director
Graduated from the Department of Philosophy at National Chengchi University. She expertly combines both philosophical and poetic views in her works
邵翔
Actor
In 2009, he became famous for the TV series K.O.3an Guo. Before that, he played the role of Wu-Ren Zhang in the well-known drama It Started with A Kiss, and starred in other teen dramas such as Hayate the Combat Butler, Bromance, A Thousand Goodnights.
田士廣
Actor
Participated in the movie "52 Hz I Love You", the latest work is The Ghost Bride by Netflix.