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Dust in the Wind is a taiwanais film of genre Drama directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien released in USA on 4 september 1999
Dust in the Wind (1986)
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Add to a movie listDust in the Wind Chinese: 戀戀風塵; pinyin: Liàn liàn fēng chén) is a 1986 critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful movie by Taiwanese filmmaker Hou Hsiao-Hsien.
This film is based on co-screenwriter Wu Nien-jen's own experiences, and the final part of Hou's coming-of-age trilogy, the others being A Summer at Grandpa's (1984) and The Time to Live and the Time to Die (1985).
Synopsis
A love story about a young couple from a village in the northern-east part of Taiwan. The boy, Ah-yuan goes to Taipei to work after graduating from junior high school so he can earn money to send home. The girl, Ah-yun follows him the next year and they work hard to earn enough money to marry. Then Ah-yuan must spend three years in the military and the girl marries someone else. Although Ah-yuan regrets what happened he does not blame Ah-yun.Comments
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