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A City of Sadness (Chinese: 悲情城市; pinyin: Bēiqíng chéngshì) is a 1989 Taiwanese historical drama directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien.
Oct 21, 1989 · A City of Sadness: Directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou. With Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Shu-Fen Hsin, Sung-Young Chen, Jack Kao. The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror" that was wrought on the Taiwanese people by the Kuomintang government after their arrival from mainland China in the late 1940s.
Aug 23, 2019 · The first Chinese-language film to ever win the Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion award, Hou Hsiao-hsien’s "A City of Sadness" is the story of three brothers during Taiwan’s “White Terror” period following World War II, when the island was under martial law.
A City of Sadness recreates the events of the 1940s where corruption was under control, and everybody could have been arrested for far-fetched accusations for bonds with guerillas or...
Aug 29, 2010 · A City of Sadness remains one of Hou’s most formally inventive films, utilizing text onscreen, voiceover and a variety of languages. Made in the wake of the lifting of martial law on the island, A City of Sadness is both an important act of remembrance and a landmark of world cinema.
Oct 6, 2023 · Hou Hsiao-hsien’s A City of Sadness (1989) was digitally restored and rereleased in theaters across Taiwan earlier this year. Running two hours and thirty-seven minutes, the melancholic art-house film shows in painstaking detail the dissolution of a Taiwanese family prompted by political regime change following World War II.
Synopsis. Soon after Japan relinquishes control of Taiwan in 1945, the Lin brothers face hardships from the changing culture. Bar owner Wen-heung, the eldest brother, falls foul of local gangsters, Wen-sun disappears, and Wen-leung, scarred by his experiences in the war, ends up in an insane asylum. Deaf-mute photographer Wen-ching, the ...
Oct 2, 2014 · Movies. A City of Sadness. By Richard Brody. October 2, 2014. This vastly ambitious drama about political strife in Taiwan distills a crucial historical period—from the island’s liberation...
The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror", mainland China's political repression that was wrought on the Taiwanese people by the Kuomintang government in the late 1940s. Hou Hsiao-hsien. Director. Wu Nien-jen. Writer. Chu Tien-wen. Writer. Reviews. Written by badelf on November 15, 2021.
A City of Sadness. Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s loose trilogy of films on Taiwan’s modern history started with this dark family saga, set in the years after Japan’s colonial rule ended in 1945. All the sons in the Lin family have trouble, none more than Wenqing (Tony Leung), an idealistic deaf-mute.
