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Our Neighbors (1963)

Our Neighbors poster
Original title
街頭巷尾
Directed by
Li Hsing
Genre
drama film
Country
Taiwan
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In a cramped courtyard of illegal shacks in the city, people from different backgrounds in Taiwan help each other get by. A widowed garbage collector takes in a neighbor girl after her mother dies. Another young woman wrestles with her feelings for a dishonest boyfriend and a kind laborer.

earthywarmgentleeverydaypoignanthopefulfamilialslice-of-life

What happens

是一部在1963年上映的台灣電影,由自立電影公司所出品,李行導演所執導,李冠章、羅宛琳等人主演。 這部電影也是李行所執導的第一部以「健康寫實」為題材的國語片。 描述在都市角落的違建雜院,石三泰與陳阿發是從中國大陸來到台灣,並且居住在大雜院裡與本省族群一同生活,彼此照料生活。 其中原本小珠與母親相依為命,但小珠的母親後來卻因重病過世了,於是一個拾荒的鄰居石三泰收養了小珠,並將她視如己出,也漸漸的培養了深厚的父女之情。 朱麗麗與男友吳根財也住在這個族群裡,但兩人的生活方式極為不協調,吳根財是一個唯利是圖的人,但朱麗麗本性卻是善良的,也在不知不覺中愛上了靠勞力賺錢的陳阿發…… (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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