Directed by : Edward YANG
Year of production : 1991 Country : TAIWAN Length : 96 minutes
Set in Taipei, in 1960, the film revolves around a true incident that took place during Edward Yang’s adolescence and focuses on a generation facing the limitations of the Taiwanese traditional cultural identity as well as social and political constraints.
14-year old Xiao Si’r attends a Junior High night school as he struggles with academic failure. His father is a hard-working civil servant who, among millions of Mainland Chinese, fled to Taipei in the wake of 1949’s civil war. In response to their repressive milieu, Xiao Si’r and his best friends Cat and Airplane get involved with the local ‘Little Park’ gang. Xiao Si’r falls in love for Ming, a girl who’s attached to Honey, an exiled gang leader. When Honey returns, the rivalry between the ‘271’ gang and the Little Park gang reaches i
Edward YANG - Director
Edward YANG - Script / Dialogue
Lai MINGTANG - Script / Dialogue
Yang SHUNQING - Script / Dialogue
Yan HONGYA - Script / Dialogue
Zhang HUIGONG - Cinematography
Li LONGYU - Cinematography
Edward YANG - Set decorator
Yu WEIYAN - Set decorator
Chen BOWEN - Film Editor
Elaine JIN - Mrs Zhang (Mother)
Zhang GUOZHU - Zhang Ju (Father)
Lisa YANG - Ming (Liu Zhiming)
Zhang ZHEN - Xiao Si'r
Photo du FILM
Production
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Distribution
WORLD CINEMA FOUNDATION - www.worldcinemafoundation.org
International press
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