Heartbreak Island

Heartbreak Island

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1995-03-23

In Taiwan, a young woman, Lin-Lang, is released from prison after serving ten years for terrorist activity. She had turned to bomb making in grief after her mentor and lover, An Rong, who was also her university professor, was arrested for political activity and, she presumed, executed. In prison, she learns Rong is alive, and she maintains her spirits and sanity for the years in her cell by holding imaginary conversations with him. When she is released, she discovers he is married, has a child, and lives conventionally. She finds him; he's not happy to see her. How she reacts to losing the center of her life becomes the subject of the film.

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Heartbreak Island

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In Taiwan, a young woman, Lin-Lang, is released from prison after serving ten years for terrorist activity. She had turned to bomb making in grief after her mentor and lover, An Rong, who was also her university professor, was arrested for political activity and, she presumed, executed. In prison, she learns Rong is alive, and she maintains her spirits and sanity for the years in her cell by holding imaginary conversations with him. When she is released, she discovers he is married, has a child, and lives conventionally. She finds him; he's not happy to see her. How she reacts to losing the center of her life becomes the subject of the film.

Released

1995-03-23

Runtime

120

Director

Chiang Shui-Chung

Budget

$0

Revenue

$0

Genres

Drama

Language

普通话

Production

Casts

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    Vicky Wei

    魏筱惠
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    Jieh-Wen King

    金介文
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    Tsai Chen-Nan

    蔡振南
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    Cheung Jing-Yue

    張靜如
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    Wen Ying

    文英
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    Chyi Chin

    齊秦
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    Cindy Mong

    孟庭麗