The Daughter-in-Law (1995)
- Original title
- 阿爸的情人
- Directed by
- Steve Wang
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Taiwan
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Rating
- 10.0 of 10 from 1 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 Taiwanese drama about a landowner who buys a son for his estate and then arranges a wife for him. When the son goes off to military service, the father and daughter-in-law develop an uneasy relationship that leads to conflict and tragedy.
tensemelancholicslow-burnclaustrophobictragicemotionally restrainedvisually polished
What happens
《阿爸的情人》（英語：The Daughter-in-Law）是王献篪导演，汪笨湖原作者兼编剧，范瑞君、郭子乾、李立群主演的一部电影。由汪笨湖小說《嬲》改編而來，1995年上映。 片中讲述台南縣白河鎮（今台南市白河區）山區的地主阿地伯多年前买来养子赵春生，后来为他娶了媳妇。春生不久当兵去了，翁媳二人居于一屋。春生回来后发现养父与妻子的关系，十分愤怒，妻子也深受阿地的困扰。这一三角关系最终酿成悲剧。 王獻篪本是广告片导演，该片在技术表现上精雕细刻，达到台湾片罕见的高水准，井在内容上选取当时禁忌的乱伦题材，开拓台湾乡土片较少触及的人“性”空间，但心理刻画较肤浅。 获东京国际电影节青年导演竞赛铜樱花奖。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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