Four boys, one island, zero cell phones — the original coming-of-age chaos.
Four high school students, Yang Jialuo, You Fusheng, Gu Caizi, Guo Hao, and Liu Guobao narrate and reflect on growing up in 1950s Taiwan.
Direction
Peter Wang's debut — confident, patient, deeply personal.
Cinematography
Golden-hour Taiwan that makes you miss a place you've never been.
Director
Peter Wang
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during Taiwan's martial law lifting, it's one of the first films to openly examine 1950s Chinese mainland refugee experience without propaganda filters.
Peter Wang cast mostly non-professionals from actual Taipei neighborhoods; Chang Shih was discovered playing basketball in a park.
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