Growing Up (1983)

Original title

小畢的故事

Directed by

Chen Kunhou

Genre

drama film

Country

Taiwan

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Growing Up follows a teenage boy in a small town in Taiwan as he deals with the ordinary struggles of adolescence. The story shows his rebellious behavior and his interactions with his family and peers.

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What happens

Growing Up (Chinese: 小畢的故事; pinyin: Xiǎobì De Gùshì) is a 1983 film by Taiwanese filmmaker Chen Kunhou. The screenplay was the first collaboration between Hou Hsiao-hsien and Chu T’ien-wen. The film made the young star, Doze Niu, "a pop icon and tagged him with a rebellious image." Growing Up was the film that "first attracted broad critical and popular attention to the movement" known as New Taiwan Cinema. It "established some of the movement's key stylistic approaches and narrative concerns, with its subdued manner in relating the story of an adolescent boy grappling with everyday pangs amid Taiwan's fraught provincial context." The film was selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 56th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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