97'
1996-12-31
Overview:
The story concerns a male youth named Ah Chung (or Diong-ah in the Taiwanese dialect) who graduates from high school and descends into a maelstrom of personal, familial, and communal conflicts. Ah Chung is going through the liminal stage of finding his place and aim in life. He is sent by his mother to a boot camp, training as one of the Eight Generals. This is a job in performing as a god in Taiwanese popular rituals and Ah Chung's mother believes it can bring spiritual and social goodwill to the much-troubled family: Financially strained mother who is a performer of "low-brow" entertainment, a kid brother who is somewhat retarded, a half-sister who is raped by his alcoholic father, and Ah Chung's listlessness which is easily sucked in by the local gang rivalry...
Details:
- Budget: 0
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- Revenue: 0
- List of countries:
- Taiwan
- List of languages:
- Mandarin
- List of companies:
- Chang Tso-chi Film Studio
- Vote Count: 3
- Popularity: 0.6109
- Status: Released
- Original title:忠仔
