Format:
1 Blu-ray-Disc (95 Min.)
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farbig
Series Statement:
Taiwan New Wave Cinema
Uniform Title:
Xiao Bi de gu shi
Content:
Made during the early heights of the Taiwanese New Wave in the early 1980s, Growing Up is one of the key works of the movement which also saw two great masters emerge with breakthrough films in the same year - Hou Hsiao-Hsien's "The Boys from Fengkuei" and Edward Yang's "That Day, on the Beach". Chen Kun-Hou is no doubt the less familiar name amongst the trio, but he has been an instrumental figure who helped to shoot several early works of Hou, and in fact, worked as a cinematographer since the early 1970s. He also doubled as both director and cinematographer in a number of works, including some of his relatively more well-known films like "His Matrimony" (1985) and "Osmanthus Alley" (1987). "Growing Up", of course, is his most famous work, winning "Best Picture" and "Best Director" at the Golden Horse Awards that year. The story follows a young boy, Xiao Bi, whose reticent mother weds an older man with a stable job who could provide for his new family. The Chinese title of Chen's film literally translates into "The Story of Xiao Bi", and as straightforward and seemingly mundane as that sounds, "Growing Up’s" earnestness as a family drama does give us a sense that Xiao Bi's story is worth listening to. [filmnomenon2.blogspot.com]
Note:
mandarin / UT: engl. ; chines.
Language:
Chinese
Keywords:
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