Movie

Daughter of the Nile

1987 · 92 min

A quiet, drifting portrait of a young woman holding a fragile family together, observed with patient lyricism and a lingering ache.

Overview: Lin Hsiao-yang tries to keep her family together while working as a waitress at Kentucky Fried Chicken and going to night school. With no mother and her father currently working out of town, it is up to Lin Hsiao-yang to take care of her younger siblings, who are slipping into a life of crime.
How it feels: Melancholic, earnest, tense and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Family, coming-of-age, isolation, crime
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
coming-of-age
isolation
crime
survival
Places: big city
home
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild