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A Summer at Grandpa's

1984 · 93 min

A gentle, unhurried summer of childhood memories, sunlit and quietly bittersweet.

Overview
A coming-of-age story about a young brother and sister whom spend a pivotal summer in the country with their grandparents.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • family
  • grief
  • memory
  • isolation
Places
  • countryside
  • home
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour3
Realism9
Romance0
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Written by
Chu Tien-wen, Hou Hsiao-hsien
Starring
Wong Kai-Gwong, Lee Suk-Ching, Chen Bo-zheng, Lin Hsiu-Ling, Yen Cheng-kuo, Nai-Chu Ting, Edward Yang, Mei Fang
Music
Tu Duu-chih, Edward Yang
Cinematography
Chen Kun-hou
Runtime
93 min
Country
Taiwan
Languages
Mandarin

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