The Wild Goose on the Wing (1979)

Original title

雁兒在林梢

Directed by

Liu Li-Li

Genre

drama

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

1h 41m

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman gets caught up in a web of love and misunderstandings involving two brothers. She must navigate family secrets and her own desires to find a path forward.

romanticmelodramaticbittersweetslow-pacedpoignantyearningclassic

What happens

The Wild Goose on the Wing (Chinese: 雁兒在林梢; pinyin: Yàn'er zài línshāo) is a 1979 Taiwanese romantic drama film directed by Lili Liu and written by Yeh Chao. It was released by Super Star (H.K.) Motion Picture Company, with spoken dialogues in Mandarin. It stars Brigitte Lin, Chin Han, Tse Ling-ling, and Ma Yung-lin. The Wild Goose on the Wing was produced by Chiung Yao, who wrote the novel of the same name. Chiung's publisher husband, Ping Hsin-tao, was an executive producer on the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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