SynopsisNaDow,apunkwhogrewuplying,stealingandfoolingaround,decidesto straightenout and takeshis first steady job as a courier. The job issimple: hail a cab at sunrise, deliver a package to a close friendofNaDow’sboss,andreturnonthesamecabbysunset. Itturnsoutthathewouldbedeliveringheroinoftop-notchquality.NaDowhesitantlygetsonashabbytaxidrivenbythecarefreeOldXu,aHong Kong native who came to Taiwan 25 years ago and somehowdecidedtostay.NaDow'splantoreformhimselfandOldXu’swishforapeaceful life take a downturnwhen they become the target of amobattack.Thedrugsand themoneyaregone,andbothof themareheldhostageinthetrunkofacar.Director’sStatementPeoplesay“Godspeed”tobidfarewell,asblessingandhope.Ajourneyisnotalwayssmoothsailing,andfatemaychangeinasplitsecond.Thisfilmservestoremindustolookbackatwhatwemissandpickup,evenjustafraction,whatwefeelashumanbeings.

AbouttheDirectorCHUNGMong-HongwasborninPing-Tong,Taiwan.HereceivedhisB.S.inComputerEngineeringfromNationalChaoTungUniversityinTaiwan,and hisM. F. A. in Filmmaking from the School of the Art Institute ofChicago. Since 1997, Chung has directed more than one hundred TVcommercials.In2008,hisfirstlongfeaturefilmParkingwasselectedinCannesFilmFestivalfortheUnCertainRegardsection.Hissecondlongfeature film,TheFourthPortrait,wonhim theBestDirectorofGoldenHorse Award in 2010, and has been selected in Locarno and TorontoInternationalFilmFestival.Histhirdlongfeaturefilm,Soul,hasalsobeenselected in Toronto, Tokyo and Pusan International Film Festival.GodspeedisCHUNG’s4thlongfeaturefilm.Documentary

Doctor(2006) BestDocumentary,TaipeiFilmFestival MeritPrize,AsianVisionCompetition PTSAudienceChoiceAward,TaiwanInternationalDocumentaryFestival MOMADocumentaryFortnightFestival,NewYork,2008 FeatureFilm Parking(2008) UnCertainRegardOfficialSelection,CannesFilmFestival FIPRESCIPrizes,TaipeiGoldenHorseFilmFestivalTheFourthPortrait(2010)BestNarrativeFeature,TaipeiFilmFestivalBestDirector,47thGoldenHorseAwardsLocarnoInternationalFilmFestivalContemporaryWorldCinema,TorontoInternationalFilmFestivalSoul(2013)NominatedforThe50thGoldenHorseAwards:BestNarrativeFeature,BestActor,BestCinematographyandBestSong,TaipeiFilmFestivalTorontoInternationalFilmFestival(Vanguard)VancouverInternationalFilmFestivalChicagoInternationalFilmFestival

BusanInternationalFilmFestivalTokyoInternationalFilmFestival(WorldFocus)TaiwaneseentryforBestForeignLanguageFilmatthe86thAcademyAwardsGodspeed(2016)TorontoInternationalFilmFestival(Vanguard)VancouverInternationalFilmFestival(Dragons&Tigers)TokyoInternationalFilmFestival(WorldFocus)TaipeiGoldenHorseFilmFestival(OpeningFilm)8nominationsattheGoldenHorseAwards:BestFeatureFilmBestDirectorBestLeadingActorBestSupportingActorBestMakeup&CostumeDesignBestArtDirection(won)BestOriginalScoreBestCinematography3nominationsattheAsianFilmAwards:BestFilm,BestActor,BestMusicSantaBarbaraInternationalFilmFestival(InternationalCompetition)HongKongFilmAwards–nominatedforBestFilmFromMainlandAndTaiwanClevelandInternationalFilmFestival–Pan-AsianFilmsMinneapolisSt.PaulInternationalFilmFestival–AsianFrontiersBuenosAiresInternationalFilmFestival–LateNightCastMichaelHUINaDowLeonDAITOUChung-HuaMattWUCHENYi-WenVincentLIANGVithayaPANSRINGARM

SpecialperformancebyHUANGChien-WeiCHUANGYi-TsengLINMei-HsiuSpecialguestappearancebyCHENYu-HsunDirectorofCinematography:NagaoNakashimaArtDirector:CHAOShih-HaoSoundMixer:KUOLi-ChiMusic:TSENGSi-MingEditor:LAIHsiu-HsiungCostume:HSULi-WenProducer:YEHJufeng,TSENGShao-ChienDirector&Writer:CHUNGMong-Hong