Murmur of Youth

Murmur of Youth
Murmur of Youth
Directed by	Lin Cheng-sheng
Written by	Lin Cheng-sheng; So-ching Ko
Produced by	Hsu Li-kong; Shun-Ching Chiu
Starring	Rene Liu; Jing Tseng
Cinematography	Cheng-hui Tsai
Edited by	Hsiao-Tong Chen; Li-Yu Chen
Music by	Bobby Chen; Hong-Yee Chang
Release date	1997;
Running time	106 min.
Country	Taiwan
Languages	Min Nan, Mandarin Chinese

Murmur of Youth (Chinese: 美麗在唱歌) is a 1997 Taiwanese coming of age film directed by Lin Cheng-sheng. Stars Rene Liu and Jing Tseng shared the Best Actress award at the 1997 Tokyo International Film Festival.^[1]

Plot

The film follows the parallel stories of Chen Mei-Li (Rene Liu), a middle class suburban girl from a materialistic dysfunctional family, and the shyer, more introverted Ling Mei-li (Jing Tseng), a working-class girl being raised by her father and grandmother in a ramshackle home on the outskirts of town. The two meet when Ling, after dropping out of college when the boy she has a crush on begins dating another girl, takes a job at a local movie theater where she works the ticket booth with Chen. First bonding over their shared name, a close friendship slowly develops between them.^[2]^[3]

Cast

Rene Liu as Mei-li Chen
Jing Tseng as Mei-li Ling
Chin-Hsin Tsai as Chen's father
Hsiu Li as Chen's mother
Grandma Pi as Grandma
Pi-tung Lien as Lin's dad
Shih-Hsine Wang as Baker
Vicky Wei as Fen baker's girlfriend
Chao-jung Chen as Lin's schoolmate
Jen-Feng Cheng as Chen's brother
Chiung-hua Chen as Chen's sister-in-law

References

^ "东京国际电影节 Tokyo International Film Festival". MTime.
^ Holden, Stephen (1998-04-11). "'Murmur of Youth': Two Women Work at Dangerously Close Range". New York Times.
^ Cheshire, Godfrey (1997-06-01). "Murmur of Youth". Variety.

External links

Murmur of Youth at IMDb
Murmur of Youth at AllMovie

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[1] "东京国际电影节 Tokyo International Film Festival". MTime.

[2] Holden, Stephen (1998-04-11). "'Murmur of Youth': Two Women Work at Dangerously Close Range". New York Times.

[3] Cheshire, Godfrey (1997-06-01). "Murmur of Youth". Variety.

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