A Brighter Summer Day
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Director: Edward Yang Run Time: 237 min. Release Year: 1991 Language: Chinese
Starring: Chang Chen, Chuan Wang, Elaine Jin, Kuo-Chu Chang, Lisa Yang
Up next in our Edward Yang Retrospective is the director’s magisterial A Brighter Summer Day!
Set against the backdrop of 1960s Taipei, the film follows the tumultuous journey of a teenage boy named Hsiao Si’r (Chang Chen). As he navigates the challenges of adolescence, Hsiao Si’r becomes entangled in gang conflicts, family tensions, and his own inner turmoil. All the while, the broader socio-political upheavals of the time make their presence felt in his and his peers and loved ones’ lives.
Selected as the Taiwanese entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 64th Academy Awards, A Brighter Summer Day is frequently assessed as one of Yang’s finest works.