Tóngnián wangshì

1985 [CHINESE]

Action / Biography / Drama

16
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 100% · 6 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 80% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.5/10 10 3984 4K

family relationships coming of age taiwan youth gang semi autobiographical autobiographical

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Plot summary

An autobiographical film based on Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien's memories of his youth growing up in Taiwan after emigrating from mainland China.

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2 hr 16 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by William L 8 / 10

A film that might fall between the cracks

A film that might fall between the cracks among other sweeping Taiwanese social dramas (particularly in comparison to A Brighter Summer Day and the shared adolescent/youth gang narrative), but worthy of consideration as an independent work. The Time to Live and the Time to Die is a coming-of-age story told with a particularly methodical nature, often employing static camera techniques and incorporating moments of lethargy with just as much frequency as it does the key junctures in the life of young Ah-hsiao, creating a sense of familiarity with his circumstances that wouldn't have been possible with a simple review of influential events as if we, as viewers, were reviewing an obituary. Using the austere circumstance of his protagonist's upbringing (which were heavily influenced by his own life story), particularly the unsure identity in an international transplant family caught up in unexpected circumstances but still facing the trials of ordinary life, Hou creates a compelling standalone narrative as well as a representation of emerging Taiwanese culture. Beautiful cinematography only adds to the final product. Also, talk about a dark ending. Tinged with hope, but dark. (4/5)
Reviewed by R T 10 / 10

The gentle summer breeze, the trees swaying in

The gentle summer breeze, the trees swaying in the wind, the cluttered railway tracks, the wooden chopstick baskets on the wall, the camera maintains a sense of distance throughout, calmly watching the natural laws of growth, death, parting, and forgetting. At the end of the film, the grandmother dies and the result of growing up is directed towards oblivion, a journey that everyone is unwilling but unconscious to embark on.
Reviewed by R T 10 / 10

Одна из лучших лент в истории мирово?...

Одна из лучших лент в истории мирового кино, центральная фабула которой посвящена процессу взосления, в ходе которого приходится осознавать свойства беспечного бытия и агонии!
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