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"A Boy And A Girl"

Saturday, March 23, 2024
2:30 PM 5:00 PM

AMC NEWCITY 14 1500 N. Clybourn Avenue Chicago, IL 60610 (map)

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TAIWAN CINEMA SHOWCASE

A BOY AND A GIRL
(少男少女)

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N. AMERICAN PREMIERE
Taiwan | Crime, Family | 2023 | 140 minutes | In Mandarin w/English subtitles

Director/Screenwriter: Hsu Li-Da

Starring: Travis Hu, Kira Skelly, Kris Kuan, Frederick Lee, Yao Chun Yao, Harry Chang

Director Hsu Li-Da, producer Tang Tsai-Yang and actress Kira Skelly are scheduled to appear in-person for a film introduction and post-film Q&A moderated by Pat McDonald.

SYNOPSIS:

In a declining small town, an idle boy encounters a heartbroken girl. Seeking to leave their town behind, they organize a plan to pay for their escape.

A BOY AND A GIRL is director/screenwriter Hsu Li-Da’s story of “raw” and “simple” emotions about the experience of teenagers. The film examines the struggle and fear to be independent while their personalities are being shaped, the unclear logic between good and evil, and the hazy process of understanding love and sex.

Hsu Li-Da, Director
Hsu is an MA graduate from the Department of Filmmaking at the Taipei National University of the Art. His works cover the themes that span across female, love, family, cruel adolescence and so on. His television film THE LONG GOODBYE won the best director and the best writer in the 52nd Golden Bell Awards.