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Sweet Degeneration

4.5 average rating
4.5
Mandarin / 118 MIN. / 1997

The Genres

The Synopsis

With a singular voice that distinguishes him from his New Taiwan Cinema contemporaries, Lin Cheng-sheng adds to his brief, but already remarkable, filmography with Sweet Degeneration, his third film in two years. As with A Drifting Life and Murmur of Youth, Lin’s new film delicately unfolds, gradually building to a climax of stunning emotional reverberations. Drawn from a particularly painful episode in the director’s past, Sweet Degeneration delves into the uneasy bonds a brother and sister have with each other and the people around them.

The Cast

Lee Kang-shengChen Shiang-ChyiJing TsengChih-long LinShih-huang ChenLeon DaiLi-jung LuChao-yin HsiaoTze-min HsiaoLee Sun-fung

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