At the end of WWII, the Nationalist party of Republic of China, also known as the Kuomintang (KMT), took control of Taiwan and imposed martial law for 38 years. This period is known as the White Terror, where anyone suspected go being a Communist agent was hunted down. Through a 7-year-old girl’s point of view, The Black Kite brings us back to the innocent, yet high-handed time of the 1960s Taiwan.
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Lai Yu-fei
The Little Girl
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Mo Tzu-yi
The Father
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Chang Ning
The Mother
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Alec Chia
The Officer
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Li Ying-hung
The Officer
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Cheng Yi-hsuan
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Lee I-hui Director · Zhu Ying-rong Cinematographer
United States release July 14, 2021 · Produced in Taiwan · Original title 黑風箏
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Taiwan
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Original title
黑風箏
Original language
Chinese
Spoken on screen
Chinese
Release dates
United States · July 14, 2021
Premiere · LA Shorts International Film Festival
Taiwan
March 27, 2022 · TV · PTS
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