30 Aug 2019
Turning 18
Two girls in the bloom of youth meet at a vocational training program. Afterwards, their lives move in completely different directions.
The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse
In 2013, the Golden Horse Film Festival celebrated its 50th anniversary. The ministry of Culture commissioned director Yang Li-chou to make a documentary about the history of Golden Horse. What is unique to this film is that it's not an ode to celebrities but about the role cinema plays in ordinary people's lives. It's a love letter to cinema, filmmakers and audiences.
Top Billed Cast
桂綸鎂 Self - Narrator
Ivy Ling Po Self
成龍 Self
Charlie Chin Chiang-Lin Self
張艾嘉 Self
Zhao Wei Self
Ko Chun-Hsiung Self
戴立忍 Self
Jiang Wen Self
陳秋霞 Self
恬妞 Self (archive footage)
Chin Han Self (archive footage)
Lin Feng-jiao Self (archive footage)
Yang Hui-shan Self (archive footage)
文英 Self (archive footage)
Yao Teng-Yuan Self
Wen Tien-hsiang Self
Cheng Pi-yun Self
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