The Rootless
2020 55minDrama
"The Rootless," follows the life of 25-year-old Lê Van Thành who leaves his wife and children behind in Vietnam and arrives in Taiwan to work as a migrant fisher on March 10, 2001. While working onboard a Taiwanese coastal fishing boat, he faced constant discrimination and abuse from the boat's Taiwanese captain and engineer. One day while being physically attacked by his captain, Lê retaliates and escapes to start a new life as an undocumented migrant worker. He also started a second family with his Taiwanese partner. The drama unfolds as his son with his Taiwanese partner is born without official paperwork and struggles to find a rightful place in society when he reaches 18 years old. According to the Ministry of the Interior's statistics, there are over 7,000 children born in Taiwan without proper paperwork or identification.
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The Rootless has 1 season.
The Rootless has 3 episodes.
The key characters in The Rootless are Lê Van Thành (Brando Huang), Wang Xiao-Lan (Yogurt Lee), Nguyen Tan Hai (Sean Sun).
The Rootless was directed by Chih-Sheng Chang, Shiue Bin Jian.
The Rootless was produced by Cheng-Hsiu Chen, Sheng Ching Peng.
"The Rootless," follows the life of 25-year-old Lê Van Thành who leaves his wife and children behind in Vietnam and arrives in Taiwan to work as a migrant fisher on March 10, 2001. While working onboard a Taiwanese coastal fishing boat, he faced constant discrimination and abuse from the boat's Taiwanese captain and engineer. One day while being physically attacked by his captain, Lê retaliates and escapes to start a new life as an undocumented migrant worker. He also started a second family with his Taiwanese partner. The drama unfolds as his son with his Taiwanese partner is born without official paperwork and struggles to find a rightful place in society when he reaches 18 years old. According to the Ministry of the Interior's statistics, there are over 7,000 children born in Taiwan without proper paperwork or identification.
The Rootless is a Drama show.
The Rootless episodes are 55min long.
No, this show was canceled after 1 season.