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- 2011
- Not Rated
- The Criterion Collection
- 3 h 57 m
- 2011
- Not Rated
- The Criterion Collection
- 3 h 57 m
Summary A young man living in China during the 60s explores his rebellious inclinations and becomes entangled with a dangerous street gang that results in juvenile homicide.
Directed By: Edward Yang
Written By: Hung Hung, Mingtang Lai, Alex Yang, Edward Yang
- 2011
- Not Rated
- The Criterion Collection
- 3 h 57 m
- 2011
- Not Rated
- The Criterion Collection
- 3 h 57 m
A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
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8.3
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Summary A young man living in China during the 60s explores his rebellious inclinations and becomes entangled with a dangerous street gang that results in juvenile homicide.
Directed By: Edward Yang
Written By: Hung Hung, Mingtang Lai, Alex Yang, Edward Yang
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Universal Acclaim
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
91
100% Positive
6 Reviews
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0% Mixed
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0% Negative
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There is nothing like nostalgia here, but in the quiet consideration of how these days actually passed—what was dear about them, what was dangerous, and what has been irrevocably lost since then—A Brighter Summer Day gives early teen life, in all its complexity, a burnished reverence.
It's in his generous, objective use of long shots and spare but startling close-ups that we see once again the influence of Robert Altman in Yang's aesthetic and the struggle of the Taiwanese people to accept their history. In essence, Yang uses his aesthetic to bring into the light that which is dark.
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Based on 24 User Ratings
8.3
92% Positive
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User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 24 User Ratings
8.3
92% Positive
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The story...opens out into a dazzling multigenerational array of characters, as well as a panoply of trenchant themes.
Yang's anti-nostalgic slice of 1960s Taipei life suggests a Tolstoy-size expansion of the ballads from Bruce Springsteen's Darkness on the Edge of Town.
It is a crowded, complex crime story that is also a tale of sexual awakening and an understated exercise in kitchen-sink realism. In short - or rather at mesmerizing, necessary length - this film has everything, and is well worth a day of your life.
What makes this such a striking film is how the larger scope works perfectly in tandem with the very specific time and setting.
Awards
Golden Horse Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 12 Nominations
Tokyo International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Nantes Three Continents Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
