Made in Taiwan
Overview of films
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Growing Up
Written and produced by Hou Hsiao-hsien, Growing Up tells the tale of a recomposed family: a man from the mainland and his native Taiwanese wife. M
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The Boys from Fengkuei
Naturalistic and nostalgic, the film follows the lives of three teenagers from a fishing village on the Pescadores Islands in western Taiwan. Slowl
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Kuei-mei, a Woman
After escaping from Communist China, Kuei-mei marries an alcoholic widower with kids. ‘Such is my life’ in its original title, this moving saga spa
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Run Away
Kidnapped by a group of bandits and raped by their chief, Dan Zhu slowly develops feelings for the perpetrator. Echoing the social realism of Taiwa
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The Terrorizers
Unrelated stories unfold simultaneously in an unfriendly Taipei, involving a photographer, a writer, a doctor and the mysterious ‘White Chick
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The Sandwich Man
Three poignant shorts reflecting on post-colonial Taiwanese society. Adapted by the great scriptwriter Wu Nian-chen from popular nativist literatur
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Dust in the Wind
Based on the personal experience of scriptwriter Wu Nian-chen and shot in a picturesque mountain town, this sensitive tale of Wan and his childhood
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Flowers of Taipei – Taiwan New Cinema
It is more than 30 years ago that the Taiwan New Cinema movement emerged and flourished, closely related to the changing political climate in Taiwa