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Dust in the Wind

1986 · 109 min

A quiet, bittersweet memory of youth and first love, unfolding with gentle patience and a deep, lingering sadness.

Overview
A-yuan and A-yun are both from the small mining town of Jio-fen. They move to Taipei, where A-yuan is an apprentice by day and goes to night school, and A-yun works as a helper at a tailors. Everyone thinks they are meant for each other, and so do they. They fail to see time and fate are beyond their control.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 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
  • love
  • coming-of-age
  • family
  • class
  • fate
Places
  • small town
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism9
Romance6
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Written by
Chu Tien-wen, Wu Nien-jen
Starring
Chien-wen Wang, Hsin Shu-Fen, Li Tian-Lu, Mei Fang, Grace Chen Shu-Fang, Yang Li-yin, Lawrence Ko, Danny Deng
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
109 min
Country
Taiwan
Languages
Mandarin

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