Beautiful Duckling (1965)

Original title

養鴨人家

Directed by

Li Hsing

Genre

drama film

Country

Taiwan

Runtime

1h 51m

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A duck farmer raises his adopted daughter while hiding the truth about her birth. Her biological brother a struggling opera actor enters their lives and disrupts the family's balance.

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What happens

Beautiful Duckling is a 1965 Taiwanese film directed by Li Hsing. It tells the story of a duck man Lin Tsai-tien (Ko Hsiang-ting) and his adopted daughter Hsiao-yue. Hsiao-yue (Tang Pao-yun) knows nothing about her real descent, which Lin has designedly disguised. Her natural brother Chao-fu (Ou Wei) is a Taiwanese opera actor, he keeps asking Lin for money. He brings Hsiao-yue to the theatrical troupe to follow himself, where Hsiao-yue learns about her natural parents. Lin has to sell all his ducks, entrust Hsiao-yue to Chao-fu, and gives him money to let him start his own business. At the end of the film, Lin's son comes back, and Chao-fu repents his behavior and returns the money to Lin. The film is one of the representative works of Healthy Realism Film in Taiwan, the traditional Chinese ethics. It received three Golden Horse Awards including wins for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Cinematography. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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