The Time to Live and the Time to Die

(1985)

★ 7.2 IMDb · 112 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1985

Runtime: 136 мин

Country: Taiwan

Director: 侯孝賢

Cast: Юй Ань Шунь, 田丰, 梅芳, 唐如韞, Hsin Shu-Fen, Hsiao Ai, Ng Siu-Ying, 陳淑芳, Hu Hsiang-Ping, Lam Shung-Man

Plot

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

This depiction of childhood and adolescence draws heavily from the filmmaker's own boyhood. Like many of their compatriots, Hou's family moved from the mainland to Taiwan in 1948 and was unable ever to return. The film focuses on the widening generation gap in a family cut off from its cultural heritage.