Gu ling jie shao nian sha ren shi jian
Taiwan
1991 Romantic drama
3h 57min
Original language: Mandarin
Set in the early sixties in Taiwan, A Brighter Summer Day is based on the true story of a crime that rocked the nation. A film of both sprawling scope and tender intimacy, this novelistic, patiently observed epic centers on the gradual, inexorable fall of a young teenager (Chen Chang, in his first role) from innocence to juvenile delinquency, and is set against a simmering backdrop of restless youth, rock and roll, and political turmoil.
| Directed by | Edward Yang |
| Written by | Hung Hung, Mingtang Lai |