The Boys from Fengkuei (1983)

Original title

風櫃來的人

Directed by

Hou Hsiao-Hsien

Genre

drama film

Country

Taiwan

Runtime

1h 41m

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 66 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of bored teenagers in a small fishing town cause trouble while waiting to join the army. They move to the big city of Kaohsiung and face the harsh realities of adulthood.

nostalgicrestlessmelancholicrawobservationalatmosphericbittersweetcoming-of-ageslow-paced

What happens

The Boys from Fengkuei (Chinese: 風櫃來的人), also known as All the Youthful Days, is a 1983 Taiwanese film directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien. The movie is about a group of impulsive teenagers with nothing to do and high energy. While waiting to be enlisted in the army, they cause trouble in their hometown, Fengkuei, and run away from Penghu to Kaohsiung. From a small town to a big city, through the depression and turmoil of youth they experience unforgettable life scenery and gradually recede from their original youthfulness. It was Hou Hsiao-hsien's first art film after he directed three light comedies in the early eighties and a representative work of the Taiwan New Cinema at its inception. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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