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Pictures from Dust in the Wind, a Taiwanese Art Film 



Dust in the Wind is a beautiful Taiwanese Art film directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien. Here is a short description of this wonderful coming of age movie from Wikipedia ...


Dust in the Wind is a 1986 film by Taiwanese filmmaker Hou Hsiao-Hsien. It is based on co-screenwriter Wu Nien-jen's own experiences, and is the final part of Hou's coming-of-age trilogy, with the others being A Summer at Grandpa's (1984) and The Time to Live and the Time to Die (1985).

Dust in the Wind was commercially unsuccessful, but is critically acclaimed.

Synopsis

A love story about a young couple from a village in the northern-east part of Taiwan. The boy, Ah-yuan goes to Taipei to work after graduating from junior high school so he can earn money to send home. The girl, Ah-yun follows him the next year and they work hard to earn enough money to marry. Then Ah-yuan must spend three years in the military and the girl marries someone else. Although Ah-yuan regrets what happened he does not blame Ah-yun.

Cast

• Wang Chien-wen as Ah-yuan
• Xin Shufen as Ah-yun
• Li Tian-lu as Ah-yuan's grandfather

Production

The film features Li Tian-lu in the role of the grandfather. Li became a central part of Hou's major films.