The drama of Chiang Kai-Shek’s defeated soldiers who were stranded in Taiwan after the war gets a melancholy update in Qin Hailu’s directing debut.
, puts her heart into describing a handful of lonely, impoverished former soldiers who are in their eighties and basically waiting to die. Believable performances from veteran actor Chang Feng and a luminous Ge Lei sweeten the pill and help relieve some moments of ennui. The Fortissimo release bowed in the Shanghai film festival's official competition.
The ratty club run by the nice Madam Qin is on its last legs. So many of her old customers have died, there is barely any audience left for the young and not-so-young singers. One of them is Jen , a fortyish woman with very sad eyes. She has long been attached to Mr. Jiang and, much to her credit, she now looks after him with almost filial concern. She cleans his small house and shops for his food, making sure he has something in the kitchen for breakfast.
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