A Brighter Summer Day

1991 NR 3h 57m DVD

A Brighter Summer Day

1991 NR 3h 57m DVD
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Among the most praised and sought-after titles in all contemporary film, this singular masterpiece of Taiwanese cinema, directed by Edward Yang (Yi Yi), finally comes to home video in the United States. Set in the early sixties in Taiwan, A Brighter Summer Day is based on the true story of a crime that rocked the nation. A film of both sprawling scope and tender intimacy, this novelistic, patiently observed epic centers on the gradual, inexorable fall of a young teenager (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon's Chen Chang, in his first role) from innocence to juvenile delinquency, and is set against a simmering backdrop of restless youth, rock and roll, and political turmoil.
Cast
Chen Chang, Lisa Yang
Director
Edward Yang
Format
DVD
Screen
Widescreen 1.85:1
Subtitles
English
CC
No
Audio
Chinese Mandarin: PCM Mono
Rating
NR - Not rated. This movie has not been rated by the MPAA.

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