Winds of September

Winds of September (九降風) is a 2008 Taiwanese film. Set in 1996 in Hsinchu, it focuses on a gang of teenage boys who drink, smoke and gamble, and the relationships between them. It broke a number of taboos in Taiwanese filmmaking, including showing the group skinny dipping.

Winds of September
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTom Lin
Produced byYeh Jufeng
Eric Tsang
Written byTsai Tsung-han
Tom Lin
StarringChang Chea
Jennifer Chu
Sheng Wei-nian
Rhydian Vaughan
Wang Po-chieh
Music byBlaire Yo
CinematographyFisher Yu
Edited byChen Hsiao-tong
Distributed byAtom Cinema
Release date
  • 6 June 2008 (2008-06-06)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryTaiwan
LanguageMandarin

Directed and co-written by Tom Lin, the film was praised for its good acting and realistic themes. It was screened at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, and the Tokyo International Film Festival in 2008.

Cast

Awards

The film was awarded Best Film at the Asian New Talent Awards of the 11th Shanghai International Film Festival in June 2008. It was also nominated for the Grand Prize at the 10th Taipei Film Awards.

See also

References

  • "Winds Of September wins SIFF's Asian New Talent Awards | News". Screen. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
  • "chinafilmjournal.com". chinafilmjournal.com. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
  • Winds of September at IMDb
  • "Movies News - MTV". film.com. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
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