Summary In Taiwan, a young woman, Lin-Lang, is released from prison after serving ten years for terrorist activity. She had turned to bomb making in grief after her mentor and lover, An Rong, who was also her university professor, was arrested for political activity and, she presumed, executed. In prison, she learns Rong is alive, and she maintains her spirits and sanity for the years in her cell by holding imaginary conversations with him. When she is released, she discovers he is married, has a child, and lives conventionally. She finds him; he's not happy to see her. How she reacts to losing the center of her life becomes the subject of the film. View more details
Directed : Hsiao-Ming Hsu
Written : Hsiao-Hsien Hou Shui-Chung Chiang Guo Cheng
Stars : Chen-Nan Tsai Jieh-Wen King Ching-Ju Chang Vicky Wei
Genres : Drama Romance
Release date : Nov 19, 1996
Countries of origin : Taiwan
Language : Min Nan
Production companies : Hsu Hsiao-ming Film Corporation
Summary In Taiwan, a young woman, Lin-Lang, is released from prison after serving ten years for terrorist activity. She had turned to bomb making in grief after her mentor and lover, An Rong, who was also her university professor, was arrested for political activity and, she presumed, executed. In prison, she learns Rong is alive, and she maintains her spirits and sanity for the years in her cell by holding imaginary conversations with him. When she is released, she discovers he is married, has a child, and lives conventionally. She finds him; he's not happy to see her. How she reacts to losing the center of her life becomes the subject of the film. View more details
Genres : Drama Romance
Release date : Nov 19, 1996
Countries of origin : Taiwan
Language : Min Nan
Production companies : Hsu Hsiao-ming Film Corporation