Let me start by saying I like this movie. Despite the small budget, this is a well written, well directed and beautifully acted movie. Can't quite get the idea of black-and-white photography, but it's properly executed giving a realistic image of the industrialized city of Kaohsiung.
This movie also reminds us other Taiwanese films made by Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang. Like them, the director told a true story, and I'm sure many viewers had shed their tears for the sad experiences that the loving father and daughter had gone through. However, unlike Hou or Yang's work, this story is more based on a unique and somewhat ridiculous event. Despite true and sad, it's hard to give us more to think about other than feeling sympathetic.
This is the director's debut film. He's not yet Hou or Yang, but we have good reasons to believe that there is a lot we could expect from his future work.
This movie also reminds us other Taiwanese films made by Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang. Like them, the director told a true story, and I'm sure many viewers had shed their tears for the sad experiences that the loving father and daughter had gone through. However, unlike Hou or Yang's work, this story is more based on a unique and somewhat ridiculous event. Despite true and sad, it's hard to give us more to think about other than feeling sympathetic.
This is the director's debut film. He's not yet Hou or Yang, but we have good reasons to believe that there is a lot we could expect from his future work.