The Dull Ice Flower (1989)

Original title

魯冰花

Directed by

Li Kao Yang

Genre

drama film

Country

Taiwan

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

8.3 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In a poor Taiwanese village in the 1950s, a young boy with a talent for art struggles for recognition from his family and community. The film follows his efforts to pursue painting amid difficult social and educational constraints.

sentimentalearnestslow-pacedmelancholicgroundednostalgicquietthoughtful

What happens

The Dull Ice Flower (Chinese: 魯冰花, literally translated as lupine flower) is a 1989 Taiwanese drama film based on the novel of the same title by Chung Chao-cheng. Dealing with education and other social issues in rural Taiwan in the deprived 1950s and early 1960s, the story was adapted into a screenplay by Wu Nien-jen. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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