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Rating: 7.5 stars

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Daughter of the Nile (1987)

Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien

Drama | Crime

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.

Length 91 minutes

Actors

Yang Lin | Jack Kao | Li Tian-Lu | Tsui Fu-Sheng | Hsin Shu-Fen | Grace Chen Shu-Fang | Wu Nien-Jen | Lam Kui | Yu An-Shun | Sit Chi-Jing | Vega Tsai | Ju Lin | Chih-Cheng Hsueh | Yang Fan

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

Finally more HHH. Yang Lin is a marvel. She carries the emotional burden of the story and also has to be the strongest in her family of criminals. She’s both the sister and mother to them. Tragic tale of how crime breaks this family.

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