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A Brighter Summer Day(Movie, 1991)

Original title: "牯嶺街少年殺人事件" (Chinese (Mandarin)/ZH)
3h 57min | Genres: Crime, Drama, Romance / Love
A Brighter Summer DayRating: 4.2/5 (with 121121 votes)
A Brighter Summer Day is a 1991 Taiwanese epic teen crime drama film directed by Edward Yang, associated with the New Taiwanese Cinema. Its English title is derived from the lyrics of Elvis Presley's 1960 rendition of "Are You Lonesome Tonight?". Set in the late 1950s and early 1960s, the film centers on Xiao Si’r (Chang Chen), a boy from a middle-class home who veers into juvenile delinquency. The film was selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 64th Academy Awards but was not nominated. Since its release, A Brighter Summer Day has been praised as one of Yang's best works, amongst one of the best films of the 1990s, and one of the greatest films of all time. It ranked 78th in the 2022 Sight & Sound Greatest Films of All Time poll, one of four Chinese-language films to be included, and above Yang's Yi Yi. ()
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Awards & Nominations for A Brighter Summer Day

Golden Horse Award for Best Narrative Feature

About A Brighter Summer Day

A boy experiences first love, friendships and injustices growing up in 1960s Taiwan.

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Additional Information

Production countries: South Korea, Taiwan
Plays in: Taiwan
Original language: Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Spoken languages: English (EN), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Translated into 19 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Persian (FA), French (FR), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 07/27/1991
Cast: Chang Chen, Elaine Jin, Chen Yi Wen, Chang Kuo-chu, Zhang Han, Chiang Hsiu-Chiung, Tan Chih-Kang, Wang Chi-tsan, Lawrence Ko, Berson Wang, Yang Tianxiang, Ri Myung-hun, Chen Tiqiang, Ai Hsiao, Alex Yang, Joyce Ni, Liu Liang-tso, Chin Shih-Chieh, Chen Shiang-chyi, Tsai Chin, Johnny Tuan Chung-Yi, Lee Lung-yue, Hung Hung, Ma Ting-Ni, Danny Deng, Shu, Guozhi, Tao-Nan Wang, Hou Dejian, Lang Tzu-yun, Tang Shiang-Chu
Director: Edward Yang
Screenwriter: Edward Yang
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Um Dia Quente de Verão"
"Ein Sommer zum Verlieben"
"고령가 소년 살인 사건"
"고령가 소년 살인사건"
"Jasny dzień lata"
"Gu ling jie shao nian sha ren shi jian"
"Gŭ lĭng jiē shàonián shārén shìjiàn"
"The Guling Street Youngster Murder Incident"

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