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Tong nien wang shi (1985)

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User Rating: 8.0/10 (376 votes)

Overview

Director:
Hsiao-hsien Hou
Writers:
T'ien-wen Chu (writer)
Hsiao-hsien Hou (writer)
Release Date:
1988 (USA) more
Genre:
Biography | Drama more
Plot:
This depiction of childhood and adolescence draws heavily from the filmmaker's own boyhood. Like many of their compatriots... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
5 wins more
User Comments:
a truly transcendental film more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
A Time to Live and a Time to Die (USA) (festival title)
A Time to Live, a Time to Die (International: English title) (DVD title)
The Time to Live and the Time to Die
Tong nian wang shih (Taiwan)
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Runtime:
Argentina:138 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente) | France:137 min | USA:138 min
Country:
Taiwan
Language:
Mandarin | Taiwanese
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Taiwan
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Trivia:
This film is inspired by screenwriter-turned-director Hou Hsiao-Hsien's coming-of-age story. It is the second installment of Hou Hsiao-Hsien's "Coming-of-Age Trilogy" that features three prominent Taiwanese screenwriters' coming-of-age stories - the other two are _My Summer at Grandpa's (1984)_ (inspired by the childhood memories of Chu Tien-Wen) and _Dust in the Wind (1986)_ (inspired by the coming-of-age story of Wu Nien-Jen). more

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful:-
a truly transcendental film, 14 November 2003
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Author: Ron Kopp (ronaldkopp@earthlink.net) from New York, NY

For me, this transparent, transcendental film ranks with with the very best of Bresson and Ozu. Meandering, episodic and deceptively detached in tone, A TIME TO LIVE AND A TIME TO DIE is quite probably Hou Hsiao-Hsien's most daring formal experiment, as well as--surprisingly--his most moving film to date.

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