Presented By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies
LRCCS Film Series | Also like Life: The Films of Hou Hsiao-hsien
A Time to Live and a Time to Die
Director Hou Hsiao-hsien; 1985; 35mm; 136 minutes
Mandarin, Hakka Chinese, and Taiwanese with English subtitles
Free Admission
Based upon the story of his own family’s relocation from mainland China to Taiwan, Hou’s most openly autobiographical film, follows an immigrant from the Chinese mainland over 20 years during which childhood gives way to reckless adolescent involvement with street gangs, then to the assumption of responsibility within the family.
Mandarin, Hakka Chinese, and Taiwanese with English subtitles
Free Admission
Based upon the story of his own family’s relocation from mainland China to Taiwan, Hou’s most openly autobiographical film, follows an immigrant from the Chinese mainland over 20 years during which childhood gives way to reckless adolescent involvement with street gangs, then to the assumption of responsibility within the family.
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