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February 22, 2021 11:19
by Gemma Cockrell
Sharon Hsieh
The Golden Horse Award-winning Director Shin-Yao Huang presents another tragedy-comedy that documents the bittersweet life of middle-aged Taiwanese men in lower-middle class, after his grand debut success and international recognition in
The Great Buddha+ (2017).
It was produced and filmed by another award-winning director, Mong-Hong Chung, whose
A Sun (2019) is shortlisted for Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the moment, and is also available on Netflix. Many talented and beloved Taiwanese-speaking actors appear in the cast, such as Yi-Wen Cheng and Zhi-Ying Zhu (who appeared in Ang Lee’s
Lust, Caution (2007).
Right from the beginning of the film, the director breaks the fourth wall