Dust of Angels (1992)

Original title

少年吔，安啦！

Directed by

Hsu Hsiao-Ming

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

Taiwan

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

15+

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two young gang members drift through the streets of Taipei, getting caught up in violence and a drug deal gone wrong. The film follows their downward spiral as they try to survive in a harsh criminal underworld.

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What happens

Dust of Angels (Chinese: 少年吔，安啦！; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Siàu-liān--ê, an lah!) is a 1992 Taiwanese crime film directed by Hsu Hsiao-ming, executive produced by Taiwanese filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien. It was entered into Directors' Fortnight at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. "An lah" (安啦) is a Taiwanese Hokkien colloquialism; the title in full roughly translates to "take it easy, lad" or "cool it, kid." This also is the final film acted by Tan Chih-kang before he died due to the traffic accident in September 5, 1993. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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