A boy experiences first love, friendships and injustices growing up in 1960s Taiwan.
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Contemplative, grave, earnest and prestige.
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Jun 20267/10
This isn't so much a drama as an intimate observational documentary following the lives of people recently arrived on the island of Taiwan after the Chinese communist party took control of the mainland. There is still a considerable degree of militaristic life amongst the population, and the secret police are never far from the minds of the adults whilst the adolescents come to terms with their own, quite often gang-related, issues too. Those are not, initially at any rate, gangs in the violent sense of New York's "Jets" and "Sharks", but they are just as important in providing a degree of structure, identity and security for a rootless youth who are as uncertain of their future as they are of their past. With more than an oblique nod to "Romeo and Juliet", we meet "Si'r" (Chang Chen) who has a curiously ambivalent relationship with "Ming" (Lisa Yang), with both affiliated to opposing gangs at their high school. On the face of it, you might be forgiven for thinking that we are now in for something soapily teen-angsty, but by using a combination of more standard and more subtle photography, we start to find ourselves more immersed in the lives of these kids as they grow up and find
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Cast
- Chang ChenXiao Si'r
- Lisa YangMing
- Chang Kuo-ChuFather
- Elaine Jin Yan-LingMother
- Wang ChuanEldest Sister
- Chang HanElder Brother
- Chiang Hsiu-ChiungMiddle Sister
- Stephanie LaiYoungest Sister
- Tan Chih-KangMa
- Wang Chi-tsanCat
Crew
- Edward YangDirector
- Yen Hung-yaWriter
- Mingtang LaiWriter
- Alex YangWriter
- Chang Hui-kungDirector of Photography
- Longyu ZhangDirector of Photography
- Zhang HongdaOriginal Music Composer
- Chen Po-WenEditor
- Yu Wei-YenProducer
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