Dust in the Wind (1986)

Original title

戀戀風塵

Directed by

Hou Hsiao-Hsien

Genre

romance film

Country

Taiwan

Runtime

1h 49m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 116 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two young sweethearts move from their rural village to Taipei for work after junior high. The film follows their lives as they face the changes and challenges of city life and young love.

nostalgicgentlebittersweetslow-pacedtenderquiethomesickmelancholic

What happens

Dust in the Wind is a 1986 Taiwanese film directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien. It is based on co-screenwriter Wu Nien-jen's own experiences, and is the first of a trilogy of Hou and Wu's collaborations, the others being A City of Sadness (1989) and The Puppetmaster (1993). The film depicts the bittersweet love story of two village sweethearts, Ah Yuan (阿遠) and Ah Yun (阿雲), who left hometown Jiufen to work in Taipei city together after graduating from junior high school. It is highly acclaimed for Hou Hsiao-hsien's nostalgic depiction of Taiwan's rural past, when trains were the main transportation in the 1970s. The soundtrack by Chen Ming-chang (陳明章) and the cinematography by Lee Ping-bing (李屏賓) won the Best Cinematography and Music Award in Festival des 3 Continents in 1987. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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