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The Road (1967)

The Road poster
Original title
Directed by
Li Hsing
Genre
drama film
Country
Taiwan
Runtime
1h 36m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A widowed road worker raises his son alone and sacrifices to send him to college. The son falls for a woman with a troubled past, creating conflict between father and son. The film follows their struggle to reconcile duty and love.

melancholicearnesttenderrestrainedsocially-consciousslow-burnfamily-centeredbittersweet

What happens

《路》(The Road),是1967年發行的一部台灣電影,由李行導演,崔福生、王戎、李湘主演,中央電影公司出品。在1968年的第6屆金馬獎裡,該片獲得最佳劇情片,崔福生亦以此片獲得最佳男主角。。 築路工人郭茂得(崔福生飾)喪妻多年,辛苦培育獨子郭常英(王戎飾)好學上進,就讀大學。鄰君風塵女子陳淑君(李湘飾)幼年父母雙亡,依附遊手好閒的宋世傑(王宇飾),卻飽受欺凌。 宋世傑因故犯罪入獄後,淑君經營裁縫店為生,力圖從良。她向常英借中學課本自習,兩人逐漸互生好感。郭茂得知情後,前往淑君家,要求她與常英斷絕來往。常英不满,與父親起爭執,憤而留在學校不願返家。 淑君到學校找常英,勸他返家。常英畢業後終於返鄉,父子團圓,感情如故,然而淑君早已黯然離去。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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