Synopsis
The second installment of the director’s “coming of age” trilogy, the film tracks the protagonist, known as Ah-ha, through his childhood and adolescence in Taiwan from the late 1940s to the early 1960s. Shot in the city where he grew up, the feature film draws not only from the memories of Hou Hsiao-hsien but also features narration by the director himself. Despite being his sixth feature film, it was the first to be screened at one of the world’s most important film festivals (Berlin), marking the period when Hou believes he solidified his distinctive cinematic style. (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.
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