Xi meng ren sheng

1993
M18
2h 22m

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Puppeteer Li Tian-lu tells his life story, and through it, the story of Taiwan in the first half of the 20th century.Puppeteer Li Tian-lu tells his life story, and through it, the story of Taiwan in the first half of the 20th century.Puppeteer Li Tian-lu tells his life story, and through it, the story of Taiwan in the first half of the 20th century.

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7.1/10

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- 7 wins & 4 nominations

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Trivia
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.

Connections
Featured in When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang (1993)

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10/10

Filial love is stronger than millennial traditions

Perhaps Asian movies there are considered slow. But inside this slow-motion film you can feel the intensity of the human emotions in every look.

The intensity of every shoot makes this movie an extraordinary experience for everybody.

The plot of the film is something more than a tribute of a losing tradition, the puppets art, is about the relationships between an old man an his adopted niece. How the affection between they could break absurd but ingrain traditions from hundreds of years ago.

The incredible sequences of puppets are only an addition in the incredible beauty of the Taiwanese landscape.The entire movie in general has a flavour that makes it tasty from start to finish.