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Taiwan,
1987, 91 min
Directed by:
Hsiao-Hsien HouScreenplay:
Tien-Wen ChuCinematography:
Huai-en ChenPlots(1)
Daughter of the Nile is a rich and poignant drama about a young woman struggling to support her family amidst the violent and neon-soaked milieu of 1980's Taipei. Lin (Lin Hsiao-yang) works as a waitress in a fried chicken restaurant, attends night school and pines after her brother's friend, local gigolo Ah-sang (Fan Yang). Increasingly constrained by the casual brutality of the world around her, Lin finds escape imagining herself as the titular Daughter of the Nile, a character from her favourite manga series. Based on the personal experiences of screenwriter, Chu Tien-wen Daughter of the Nile is a profoundly moving observation of marginalised youth. (Eureka Entertainment)
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