Heartbreak Island (1995)
- Original title
- 去年冬天
- Directed by
- Hsu Hsiao-Ming
- Genre
- drama
- Country
- Taiwan
- Runtime
- 2h
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 2 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
A woman released from prison visits her ex-lover who was jailed earlier for a political protest. The movie uses flashbacks to show her memories and thoughts.
bleakmelancholicslow-burnsombercoldintrospectivequietdespairing
What happens
Heartbreak Island is a 1995 Taiwanese drama film directed by Hsu Hsiao-ming. The film follows a recently released woman prisoner as she visits her ex who was arrested in the 1979 Kaohsiung Incident but released before her. The film makes extensive use of flashbacks to illustrate the woman's thoughts. Writing for The New York Times, Stephen Holden wrote: "The mood of Heartbreak Island is so glumly monochromatic that the characters remain at a chilly distance, and the movie remains locked in its own sealed-off sense of despair." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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