Director: Edward Yang
Script: Edward Yang, Wu Nien-jen
Cinematographer: Christopher Doyle
Editor: Liao Ching-sung
Sound: Tu Duu-chih
Music: Lin Ming-yi
Cast: Sylvia Chang Ai Chia, Woo Yan-mungn Hou Hsiao-hsien, Wu Nien-jen
Production: Central Motion Picture
Contact:
Taipei Representative Office in France
Mail: [email protected]
Year: 1983
16 mm, Colour, 166 min,
OV Mandarin with French Subtitles
Unrealsed
With kind support of the Taipei Representative Office in France and GIO
Two women who had not met for thirteen years, meet again. One is a famous pianist coming back from a European tour, and the other one just started a new job. Lian Jiali, the daughter of the village doctor, was brought up strictly and was overprotected till her adolescence. When she finishes her studies, her father wants to impose a husband on her. Remembering how her brother had been prevented from marrying the woman he loved, Lian Jiali takes the most important decision of her life. She leaves her home and as a matter of urgency she rushes to marry Cheng Dewei, a young man she met at college. Her marriage is a failure.
Wong Kar-wai famous DP Christopher Doyle made the image for Edward Yang’s debut film, which will mark the beginning of Taiwanese new wave.
