With Taiwan remaining in the grip of martial law in 1982, a group of filmmakers from that country set out to establish a cultural identity through cinema and to share it with the world. This engaging documentary looks at the movement's legacy.
Direction
Hsieh weaves archival footage with intimate contemporary interviews.
Production
Rare access to auteurs who shaped modern Asian cinema.
Editing
Patient rhythm mirrors the very films it celebrates.
Director
Hsieh Chin-Lin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title references a 1960s pop song that symbolized Taiwan's cultural inferiority complex—filmmakers reclaimed it as ironic badge of honor.
This movement invented the aesthetic that would later be called 'slow cinema'—decades before Western festivals coined the term.
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