Goodbye South (1996)

Original title

南國再見，南國

Directed by

Hou Hsiao-Hsien

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

Taiwan

Runtime

2h 04m

Rated

16

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 43 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of petty criminals drift through rural and small-town Taiwan in the late 1990s. They get by on small schemes and idle days, but their dreams of a better life remain out of reach.

slow-burnmelancholicgrittywanderingbleakatmosphericquietrestless

What happens

Goodbye South, Goodbye is a 1996 Taiwanese drama film directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien. The film had its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on 12 May 1996. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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