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Cast
- Chang ChenXiao Si'r
- Lisa YangMing
- Chang Kuo-ChuFather
- Elaine JinMother
- Chuan WangEldest Sister
- Han ChangElder Brother
- Chiang Hsiu-ChiungMiddle Sister
- Stephanie LaiYoungest Sister
- Wang Chi-tsanCat
- Lawrence KoAirplane
Recommendations
- 100
Slant Magazine
It's in his generous, objective use of long shots and spare but startling close-ups that we see once again the influence of Robert Altman in Yang's aesthetic and the struggle of the Taiwanese people to accept their history. In essence, Yang uses his aesthetic to bring into the light that which is dark. - 90
The New York Times
It is a crowded, complex crime story that is also a tale of sexual awakening and an understated exercise in kitchen-sink realism. In short - or rather at mesmerizing, necessary length - this film has everything, and is well worth a day of your life. - 90
Village Voice
Yang's anti-nostalgic slice of 1960s Taipei life suggests a Tolstoy-size expansion of the ballads from Bruce Springsteen's Darkness on the Edge of Town. - 90
The New Yorker
The story...opens out into a dazzling multigenerational array of characters, as well as a panoply of trenchant themes. - 80
The Guardian
What makes this such a striking film is how the larger scope works perfectly in tandem with the very specific time and setting.
