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Daughter of the Nile

Ni luo he nu er (Daughter of the Nile)

1987

Hou Hsiao-Hsien

Jack Kao, Lin Yang, Grace Chen, Tianlu Li ...

6.9

132

Drama A wistful schoolgirl who is peripherally involved in a teen-aged crime ring. She escapes from the harshness of her surrounding reality by reading her favorite comic book, Daughter of the Nile. Despite its inherent whimsical nature, the film is a straight-on look at urban decay in modern Taiwan.

	Author	Review
United States	J. Hoberman The New York Times	"'Daughter of the Nile' is sometimes baffling but always beautiful. There are moments (...) that however they defy understanding are quietly heartbreaking."	POS
United Kingdom	Time Out	"Despite the downbeat mood there are charming eruptions of humour, and the sheer eloquence of Hou's mellow visual style makes the film a lot more life-enhancing than most."	POS
United States	Vincent Canby The New York Times	"[It] is of primary interest as contemporary sociology interpreted as fiction by an earnest film student"	POS

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