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Prince of Tears

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Original title

Lei wangzi (Prince of Tears)

Year

2009

Running time

122 min.

Country

Hong Kong

Director

Yonfan

Screenwriter

Yonfan

Cast

Music

Yu Yat-Yiu

Cinematography

Chin Ting-Chang

Producer

Co-production Hong Kong-China-Taiwan;

Far Sun Film Company Ltd, Peony5 Film Co.

Genre

Drama | 1950s. Epic film

Synopsis

It happened in 1950s Taiwan, during the period known as White Terror, when an anti-Communist campaign swept the island and in a hysteria reigned. On one autumn afternoon, two young sisters return from school to find their once-happy home ransacked by military police and their parents arrested and accused of being Communist spies. The film follows a quartet of characters—the dashing air force officer father, his beautiful devoted wife, a mysterious scar-faced bureaucrat and a general’s glamorous wife. Their lives and loves intertwine until everything erupts in a rhapsody. Amid life in that turbulent era, friendship, passion, high-minded ideals and dignity are all put on trial in the courtroom of human desire.

Awards: 2009: Venice Film Festival: Official Selection

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Prince of Tears

2009

Yonfan