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A Brighter Summer Day is a taiwanais film of genre Drama directed by Edward Yang (楊德昌) released in USA on 9 september 1991 with Chang Chen
A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
Gǔ lǐng jiē shào nián shā rén shì jiàn
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 9 september 1991
Length 3h57
Directed by Edward Yang (楊德昌)
OriginTaiwan
Themes Political films
Rating81%
A Brighter Summer Day (Chinese: 牯嶺街少年殺人事件 Gǔ lǐng jiē shàonián shārén shìjiàn, "The Murder Incident of the Boy on Guling Street") is a 1991 Taiwanese drama film directed by Edward Yang. The film is an extraordinarily large project for a Chinese-language film, not only for its duration of almost four hours, but also for its involvement of more than 100 amateur actors in different roles. The title is derived from the lyrics of Elvis Presley's "Are You Lonesome Tonight?". The film was selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 64th Academy Awards but was not nominated.
The film depicts a great array of political and existential themes such as the need of guidance during adolescence, the loss of Taiwan’s cultural identity in favour of the growingly-influential Western culture, the unrestrained violence caused by an uneasy socio-political juncture, the desire of migrating towards an expectedly-better country, the hardships of parenthood, the awkwardly naive and sometimes dangerous way in which teenagers convey love and sex, the double side of friendship, the differences between social classes which coexist in the same dismal place, and, especially, the fatal and irreversible consequences of an aimless life and a confused upbringing.
Synopsis
Dans la Taïwan des années 1960, le désarroi d'une jeunesse en quête d'identité.Actors
Chang Chen
(Xiao Si'r)
Elaine Jin
(Mother)
Chen Shiang-chyi
(Little Doctor's Fiancée)
Tsai Chin
(Wang's Wife)
Hung Hung
(Chinese Studies Teacher)
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