Synopsis
Beginning with Japan’s surrender at the end of World War II in 1945, we follow the lives of a family of siblings grappling with one of the most turbulent periods in Taiwanese history – the end of the Japanese colonial era. Considered the first film to directly confront the years surrounding the 1947 massacre and its traumatic historical legacy, the movie solidified Hou Hsiao-hsien’s reputation as one of the foremost Asian and global filmmakers of his era, earning the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival – an unprecedented achievement for a Taiwanese feature film at the time. (E.V.)
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Director
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Born in 1947, filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien stands as one of the leading voices of what became known as "Taiwan New Cinema", a movement that took the international film scene by storm in the 1980s. Among his contemporaries from that period, he boasts the longest and most distinguished career, with all of his films since the late 1980s being featured at major festivals worldwide. Over the course of his impressive artistic journey, he has directed 18 feature films, cementing his legacy as one of the most influential filmmakers of the past 40 years.
Thursday 20:45 
