Winds of September (2008)

Original title

九降風

Directed by

Tom Lin Shu-yu

Genre

drama film

Country

Taiwan

Runtime

1h 47m

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1996 in Hsinchu, a group of teenage boys hang out, drinking, smoking, and gambling. The film follows their friendship and the strains that develop among them.

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What happens

Winds of September (Chinese: 九降風) is a 2008 Taiwanese film. Set in 1996 in Hsinchu, it focuses on a gang of teenage boys who drink, smoke and gamble, and the relationships between them. It broke a number of taboos in Taiwanese filmmaking, including showing the group skinny dipping. Directed and co-written by Tom Lin Shu-yu, the film was praised for its good acting and realistic themes. It was screened at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, and the Tokyo International Film Festival in 2008. Eric Tsang produced the Hong Kong adaptation, High Noon (2008), by Heiward Mak. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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