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Sun Plants (1998)

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Country
Taiwan

How it feels

A Taiwanese TV series from the late 1990s that focuses on a family dealing with mental illness. It follows their struggles and the emotional toll of the condition.

emotionalheavymelancholicsoap-operafamily-dramaslow-pacedsadserious

What happens

《太陽花》,英文名Sun Plants,是一部台灣電視劇,是中視《中視劇場》的「花系列單元之一,製作人魏約翰、魏玫娟,導演胡秀蘭,編劇李順慈。本劇以「精神疾病」議題為主軸。1998年8月27日舉行試片太陽花 戲裡悲情 戲外喜氣 王淑娟 張庭 早已有計畫 席曼寧 梁家榕 望 '節'興嘆,民生報,1998-8-28,1998年8月30日於中視首播中視 太陽花 今晚開 劇情深刻描述精神病患家庭,聯合晚報,1998-8-30。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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