HOTEL SALTWATER

It was the best of times—our youths relished romantic revolutionary love and brotherly affection, forged through blood and sweat.
那是個最美好的年代，我們的青春交織著浪漫革命愛情和流血打拚的兄弟情。

The Qiaotou youth LI Wen-hsin was arrested during the December 10, 1979, demonstration spearheaded by Formosa Magazine. After being thrown into prison, he learned a way to survive: mixing saltwater with white rice. He also recalled wonderful times with his girlfriend A-chun, the joys and suffering he shared with friends and family, and his longing for democracy. In this prison, referred to by inmates as the “Hotel Saltwater,” Wen-hsin and his companions, though suffering greatly, never let their thirst for freedom be extinguished.
橋頭青年李文欽因參加1979年12月10日的美麗島雜誌社大遊行被捕。入獄後的他學會生存下去的辦法便是將鹽水泡在白飯裡攪拌，和著與愛人阿純的美好回憶、同親友共享的悲歡時光，以及對民主仍抱有的期待嚮往，一起吞落入腹。這座被人稱為「鹽水大飯店」的監獄，關得住文欽和同伴們飽受折磨的軀體，卻囚禁不了他們渴望自由的靈魂。