Darkness and Light

Darkness and Light (1999)

黑暗之光

A 17-year-old university student returns home during her summer holidays to the port city of Keelung of on the outskirts of Taipei. She falls in love with a young man, but his association with a local gang sees him caught up in a turf war. A wistful portrayal of the fragile, brief-lived attraction between these two youths, and pleasant times spent with loving families.

Date of release
1999-11-26
TMDB
7.3 / 10 (10)
Runtime
1h 44m
Genres
Drama
Director
Chang Tso-chi

Casting

Interesting facts

Darkness and Light is a 1999 Taiwanese narrative film directed by Chang Tso-chi. It was screened as part of the Directors' Fortnight section of the 52nd Cannes Film Festival, and won the Grand Prix at the 12th Tokyo International Film Festival. Darkness and Light was also nominated for seven different categories at the 36th Taipei Golden Horse Film Awards, winning the Grand Jury Award, the Audience Choice Award, the Best Original Screenplay Award, and the Best Film Editing Award. In 2010, it was ranked 43rd on a list of the Top 100 Chinese-Language Films by the Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards Committee.

Production

Since his early productions, Chang Tso-chi has been known for his style of working with people who share similar lived experiences with the characters portrayed in his films. The same was true of Darkness and Light, as all the blind characters Chang Tso-chi cast in the film were discovered by him on the street.

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