1983 | Taiwán | Fiction

Feng gui lai de ren (The Boys from Fengkuei)

  • Mandarin, Min Nan 101 mins
  • Director | Hou Hsiao-hsien
  • Writer | Chu Ti'en-wen
  • Producer | Chen Kun-Hou, Chang Hua-Kun

STATUS: Released

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Three young boys leave their small fishing village to find work in the city. Drawing on childhood reminiscences, this is a bittersweet meditation on the dashed hopes of youth; the film that Hou Hsiao-Hsien considers the true beginning of his cinematic style.

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