9 JANUARY AT 21:00 & 14 JANUARY AT 16:30

Regisseur Edward Yang

Cast Chin Tsai, Hsiao-Hsien Hou, I-Chen Ko

Lengte 1u59

Jaar 1985

Taal Min Nan, Mandarin, Hokkien

Ondertiteling English

Lung is a former member of the national Little League team who lives with his old childhood sweetheart Ah-chin, a traditional family woman. Although they live together, Ah-chin is weary of Lung’s past liaison with another girl.


Lung, a former member of the national Little League team and now operator of an old-style fabric business, is never able to shake a longing for his past glory. One day, he runs into a forme teammate who is now a struggling cab driver. The two talk about old times and they are struck by a sense of loss. Lung is living with his old childhood sweetheart Ah-chin, a westernized professional woman who grew up in a traditional family. Although they live together, Ah-chin is always weary of Lung’s past liason with another girl. After an argument, Ah-chin tris to find solace by hanging out with her sister’s friends, a group of westernized, hedonistic youths.

Taipei Story is the second film of this month’s Modern Classics theme: The City.

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