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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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The Sandwich Man (1983)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.