Murmur of Youth
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| Directed by | Min Nan, Mandarin Chinese |
Murmur of Youth (Chinese: 美麗在唱歌) is a 1997 Taiwanese coming of age film directed by Lin Cheng-sheng. Stars Rene Liu and Jing Tseng shared the Best Actress award at the 1997 Tokyo International Film Festival.[1]
Plot
The film follows the parallel stories of Chen Mei-Li (Rene Liu), a middle class suburban girl from a materialistic dysfunctional family, and the shyer, more introverted Ling Mei-li (Jing Tseng), a working-class girl being raised by her father and grandmother in a ramshackle home on the outskirts of town. The two meet when Ling, after dropping out of college when the boy she has a crush on begins dating another girl, takes a job at a local movie theater where she works the ticket booth with Chen. First bonding over their shared name, a close friendship slowly develops between them.[2][3]
Cast
- Rene Liu as Mei-li Chen
- Jing Tseng as Mei-li Ling
- Chin-Hsin Tsai as Chen's father
- Hsiu Li as Chen's mother
- Grandma Pi as Grandma
- Pi-tung Lien as Lin's dad
- Shih-Hsine Wang as Baker
- Vicky Wei as Fen baker's girlfriend
- Chao-jung Chenas Lin's schoolmate
- Jen-Feng Cheng as Chen's brother
- Chiung-hua Chen as Chen's sister-in-law
References
- ^ "东京国际电影节 Tokyo International Film Festival". MTime.
- New York Times.
- ^ Cheshire, Godfrey (1997-06-01). "Murmur of Youth". Variety.
External links
- Murmur of Youth at IMDb
- Murmur of Youth at AllMovie
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