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

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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