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Sweet Degeneration (1997)
Directed by Lin Cheng-sheng
Overview
With a singular voice that distinguishes him from his New Taiwan Cinema contemporaries, Lin Cheng-sheng adds to his brief, but already remarkable, filmography with Sweet Degeneration, his third film in two years. As with A Drifting Life and Murmur of Youth, Lin’s new film delicately unfolds, gradually building to a climax of stunning emotional reverberations. Drawn from a particularly painful episode in the director’s past, Sweet Degeneration delves into the uneasy bonds a brother and sister have with each other and the people around them.
Length 118 minutes
Actors
Lee Kang-Sheng | Chen Shiang-Chyi | Jing Tseng | Chih-long Lin | Shih-huang Chen | Leon Dai | Li-jung Lu | Chao-yin Hsiao | Tze-min Hsiao | Lee Sun-Fung