In Taiwan, a young woman, Lin-Lang, is released from prison after serving ten years for terrorist activity. She had turned to bomb making in grief after her mentor and lover, An Rong, who was also her university professor, was arrested for political activity and, she presumed, executed. In prison, she learns Rong is alive, and she maintains her spirits and sanity for the years in her cell by holding imaginary conversations with him. When she is released, she discovers he is married, has a child, and lives conventionally. She finds him; he's not happy to see her. How she reacts to losing the center of her life becomes the subject of the film.
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Cast
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Vicky Wei
Chen Lin-Lang
Known for
Flowers of Shanghai
The Puppetmaster
King Jieh-wen
Wang Rong
Also in
The Resurrected
Living
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Known for
Taipei Story
The Boys from Fengkuei
Hsu Hsiao-ming
Also in
Citizens of Wan Qu
Guo Cheng
Hsu Hsiao-Ming
Tsai Chen-nan
Jin Guang
Known for
Marry My Dead Body
Man in Love
Shui-Chung Chiang
Jessie S Huang
Cheung Jing-Yue
An-An, Wang's Wife
Also in
The Tantana
Shy Spirit
Ching-Ju Chang
An-An Wang's Wife
Wen Ying
Wang's Mother
Also in
Hill of No Return
Grandma and Her Ghosts
Hsu Hsiao-ming Director · Kuo Cheng Writer Chiang Shui-Chung Writer
United States release March 23, 1995 · Produced in Taiwan · Original title 去年冬天
Production
Taiwan
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Languages
Original title
去年冬天
Original language
Chinese
Spoken on screen
Chinese
Release dates
United States · March 23, 1995
Theatrical
Canada
September 13, 1995 · Toronto International Film Festival
France
May 1, 1995 · Cannes Directors' Fortnight
Portugal
November 20, 1996
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