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1997 | Color | 91min

Hou Hsiao-Hsien is one of Taiwan’s most influential late-20th-century filmmakers. This documentary offers an in-depth look at his life and fascinating career. His friend and colleague Olivier Assayas and a camera crew follow Hou through Taipei and into the countryside while the filmmaker shows Assayas where he was raised.  Taiwanese film critic Chen Kuo-Fu gives his own insight into his country’s cinema and Hou’s place within it.


Country: Francia
Direction: Assayas; Olivier
Script: Assayas; Olivier
Production: Chiau; Peggy, Carniaux; Xavier
Photography: Gautier; Eric
Sound: Flageollet; William
Cast:T’ien-wen; Chu, Kuo-fu; Chen, Hsiao-hsien; Hou
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