Wu Nien-jen

Wu Nien-jen op IFFR

• The puppetmaster

  • Films from China/Hong Kong/Taiwan

  Hou Hsiao-hsien | 142' | Taiwan | -

  Hou’s sublime film is the story of the puppeteer Li from the Japanese occupation of Taiwan up to the US bombardment during liberation.
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  Dust in the Wind

  • Made in Taiwan
  • Signals: Regained

  Hou Hsiao-hsien | 110' | Taiwan | None

  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 sw

• Taiping Tienkuo

  • main programme

  Wu Nien-jen | 111' | Taiwan | -

  Two brothers are confronted in the late sixties by American-army influences. By the maker of A Borrowed Life.

• Mahjong

  • main programme

  Edward Yang | 121' | Taiwan | -

  Black comedy about a motley group of Chinese and foreigners in the vibrant metropolis of Taipei.

• Duo-sang

  • main programme

  Wu Nien-jen | 167' | Taiwan | -

  Prize-winning début by scriptwriter Hou Hsiao-hsien about decay in the mines in Taiwan and a father-son relationship.