The Best of Times(Movie, 2002)

Name: The Best of Times
Genre: Thriller, Crime, Drama
Released: 2002
Duration: T01:49:00
Rating: 3.4

Original title: "美麗時光" (Chinese (Mandarin)/ZH)

1h 49min | Genres: Thriller, Crime, Drama

Rating: 3.4/5 (with 4 votes)

The Best of Times (Chinese: 美麗時光; pinyin: Měilì Shíguāng) is a 2002 Taiwanese narrative film directed by Chang Tso-chi. In his third feature, Chang Tso-chi wraps the sensibility of urban alienation and lost youth around a typical kids-in-gangland story and infuses it with his own gentle brand of magic realism. It was entered into the 59th Venice International Film Festival. It was also selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 75th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. ()

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Awards & Nominations for The Best of Times

Golden Horse Award for Best Narrative Feature

About The Best of Times

Although their characters and temperaments couldn't be less alike, 19-year olds Wei and Jie are best friends. They're also neighbours, living with widower fathers and problem siblings in the suburbs of Taipei. When Wei is promoted from the rank of nightclub parking valet to the rank of debt-collector in Brother Gu's gang, he persuades his boss to hire Jie to work alongside him. Things begin to go wrong when they are given a handgun to reward their success in the new job. Always excitable and volatile, Jie becomes reckless and dangerous when he has the gun in his hand. When they try to collect a debt from the boss of a rival gang, a fight erupts and Jie shoots the gang-boss. The boys find themselves on the run. But fate and their youthful dreams still have tricks to play.

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Additional Information

Production countries: Japan, Taiwan

Made by: NHK Enterprises, Chang Tso-chi Film Studio

Original language: Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Spoken languages: Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Translated into 5 languages: English (EN), French (FR), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 10/15/2002 (World premiere: 09/20/2002)

Director: Chang Tso-chi

Screenwriter: Chang Tso-chi

Film Editor: Liao Ching-sung

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Mei li shi guang"

Keywords: taiwan

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