Murmur of Youth
Murmur of Youth (Chinese: 美麗在唱歌) is a 1997 Taiwanese coming of age film directed by Lin Cheng-sheng. Stars Rene Liu and Jing Tseng shared the Best Actress award at the 1997 Tokyo International Film Festival.[1]
| Murmur of Youth | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Lin Cheng-sheng |
| Produced by | Hsu Li-kong Shun-Ching Chiu |
| Written by | Lin Cheng-sheng So-ching Ko |
| Starring | Rene Liu Jing Tseng |
| Music by | Bobby Chen Hong-Yee Chang |
| Cinematography | Cheng-hui Tsai |
| Edited by | Hsiao-Tong Chen Li-Yu Chen |
Release date | 1997 |
Running time | 106 min. |
| Country | Taiwan |
| Language | Min Nan, Mandarin Chinese |
Plot
The film follows the parallel stories of Chen Mei-Li (Rene Liu), a middle class suburban girl from a materialistic dynsfunctional family, and the shyer, more introverted Ling Mei-li (Jing Tseng), a working-class girl being raised by her father and grandmother in a ramshackle home on the outskirts of town. The two meet when Ling, after dropping out of college when the boy she has a crush on begins dating another girl, takes a job at a local movie theater where she works the ticket booth with Chen. First bonding over their shared name, a close friendship slowly develops between them.[2][3]
Cast
- Rene Liu as Mei-li Chen
- Jing Tseng as Mei-li Ling
- Chin-Hsin Tsai as Chen's father
- Hsiu Li as Chen's mother
- Grandma Pi as Grandma
- Pi-tung Lien as Lin's dad
- Shih-Hsine Wang as Baker
- Vicky Wei as Fen baker's girlfriend
- Chao-jung Chen as Lin's schoolmate
- Jen-Feng Cheng as Chen's brother
- Chiung-hua Chen as Chen's sister-in-law
References
- "东京国际电影节 Tokyo International Film Festival". MTime.
- Holden, Stephen (1998-04-11). "'Murmur of Youth': Two Women Work at Dangerously Close Range". New York Times.
- Cheshire, Godfrey (1997-06-01). "Murmur of Youth". Variety.