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Dust in the Wind

Dust in the Wind

Lian lian feng chen

Hou Hsiao-hsien


  • Country: Taiwan
  • Year: 1986
  • Language: Taiwanese
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  • Runtime: 109 min.

Both a heartbreaking coming-of-age tale and a quiet revolution in film style from Taiwanese master Hou Hsiao-hsien, Dust in the Wind follows Wan (Wang Chien-wen), a studious teenager from a small mining town, who moves to Taipei with his girlfriend Huen (Xin Shufen), where they make new friends, obtain tedious employment, and pledge to get married upon Wan's return from compulsory military service—but as both discover, life's seeming certainties are always less than certain.

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screening times

    • Friday November 5
    • 7:30:00 PM
    • Tiff Bell LightBox 3
    • Wednesday November 24
    • 7:00:00 PM
    • Tiff Bell LightBox 2

Note: indicates Premium Screening.

official description

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Both a heartbreaking coming-of-age tale and a quiet revolution in film style from Taiwanese master Hou Hsiao-hsien, Dust in the Wind follows Wan (Wang Chien-wen), a studious teenager from a small mining town, who moves to Taipei with his girlfriend Huen (Xin Shufen), where they make new friends, obtain tedious employment, and pledge to get married upon Wan's return from compulsory military service—but as both discover, life's seeming certainties are always less than certain. Conveying deeply felt emotion through a reserved, observational style and a painterly appreciation of space and distance, Hou Hsiao-hsien's distinctive poetics has exerted a tremendous influence upon contemporary Asian cinema, from masters like Jia Zhang-ke (The World) to such brilliant newcomers as Liu Jiayin (Oxhide I and II).

Thanks to Enga Chang,Central Motion Picture Corp.

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