Memorandum on Happiness
This is a documentary about sweetness and hurt, pursuit and loss. It is a bluebird's song of comrades and their joy, tinged with melancholy premonition-a song that comes from afar as though to rub shoulders with life…
Set against the intimate backdrop of early 2000s Taiwan, *Memorandum on Happiness* is a lyrical documentary that weaves together the lives of queer individuals navigating love, loss, and self-acceptance. Through a mosaic of personal stories—including a gay man searching for connection and a lesbian couple building a life together—the film captures both the sweetness of fleeting moments and the melancholy of societal constraints. Its poetic, observational style invites viewers into quiet conversations, stolen glances, and the resilience found in chosen family. More than a film, it is a tender archive of joy and heartbreak, asking what happiness truly means when the world isn't always listening.