A City of Sadness (1989)
- 7.9
- 158 mins
- Drama
Storyline
The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror" that was wrought on the Taiwanese people by the Kuomintang government after their arrival from mainland China in the late 1940s.
Plot Keywords
photographer, soldier, gangster, rebel, powerful, disturbing, sad, gripping, taiwan, small town, mountain, rebellion, political coup, crime, war, family, transformation, sacrifice, love, 1940s
Short Review
The movie conveys the director's intensely personal struggle at the crossroads of large-scale history and private memory; with understatedly bitter irony, he depicts the birth of a nation at the price of a family's dissolution.
Trailer
Streaming Service
1. Amazon Video : Rent from $1.99, Or $0.00 with a Prime membership
