A mountainside port, where rain never stops; an old neighborhood about to face demolition. Cloudy is in her sixties and has never been married. She is taking care of her frail mother all by herself. Their co-dependent relationship appears to be more like mutual torture.
Acting
Liu Yin-Shang's silent suffering could stop your heart.
Cinematography
Endless gray rain becomes its own character.
Director
Wang Ming-tai
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Reflects Taiwan's rapid urban renewal and the erasure of working-class neighborhoods in port cities like Keelung.
Director Wang Ming-tai reportedly cast non-professionals from the actual neighborhood; Chang Tsai-hsing was a local street vendor.
TW
