Just in time for Halloween, Taiwan’s biggest horror hit arrives in U.S. cinemas October 8th!
Nominated for 12 Golden Horse Awards (Taiwan’s Academy Awards)
Winner of Best New Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Visual Effects, Best Art Direction, and Best Original Song
1962 Taiwan, during the time of the White Terror. Martial law is in full force across the country. In a time of extreme repression, all ideas considered to be dissident are banned, and the culprits are tortured or executed.
Tsuihua Secondary School is not an exception from this oppression. Despite close surveillance by the military police, Professor Chang (Fu Meng-Po) runs an underground literary club where he and his students learn about banned books and dream of freedom. One of his club members, Fang is madly in love with him. The usually shy teenage girl from an abusive home manages to open up like a book in his presence.
Nominated for 12 Golden Horse Awards (Taiwan’s Academy Awards)
Winner of Best New Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Visual Effects, Best Art Direction, and Best Original Song
1962 Taiwan, during the time of the White Terror. Martial law is in full force across the country. In a time of extreme repression, all ideas considered to be dissident are banned, and the culprits are tortured or executed.
Tsuihua Secondary School is not an exception from this oppression. Despite close surveillance by the military police, Professor Chang (Fu Meng-Po) runs an underground literary club where he and his students learn about banned books and dream of freedom. One of his club members, Fang is madly in love with him. The usually shy teenage girl from an abusive home manages to open up like a book in his presence.
- 9/28/2021
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
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