Prince of Tears
Prince of Tears (Chinese: 淚王子; pinyin: Lei Wangzi) is a 2009 Taiwanese historical drama film by Yonfan. It was nominated for the Golden Lion at the 66th Venice International Film Festival. It tells the story of a family embroiled in the tragic "White Terror" suppression of political dissidents that was wrought during the 1950s by the Kuomintang government (KMT) after their acquisition of Taiwan in the 1940s.[1]
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| Directed by | Yonfan |
| Produced by | Fruit Chan |
| Written by | Yonfan |
| Starring | Fan Zhiwei Océane Zhu Joseph Chang Terri Kwan Li Po-husan Tsai Pei-han Kenneth Tsang |
| Narrated by | Yonfan |
| Music by | Yu Yat-yiu |
| Cinematography | Chin Ting-chang |
| Edited by | Derek Hui Kwong Chi-leung |
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| Country | Taiwan |
| Language | Mandarin |
The film was selected as the Hong Kong entry for the 82nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film in 2009.[2]
Cast
- Fan Zhiwei as Ding keqiang (丁克強)
- Océane Zhu as Jin Wanping (金皖平)
- Joseph Chang as Sun Hansheng (孫漢生)
- Terri Kwan as Ouyang Qianjun (歐陽千君)
- Kenneth Tsang as General Liu (劉將軍)
- Li Po-husan
- Tsai Pei-han
- Jack Kao
- Chiao Chiao
- Lin Yo-wei
Reception
The film received generally negative reviews from the press.
Hong Kong film critic Perry Lam writes in Muse Magazine, 'Prince of Tears makes a strange movie-going experience for, despite all the pathos - two little girls lose their father, a loyal soldier loses his life and a happy family is torn apart - the story is aesthetically shaped and distanced by the pictoral verve of the director to be eye-pleasing at all times.'[3]
References
- "Prince of Tears" Recalls White Terror
- Hollywood Reporter Hong Kong, Taiwan make Oscar picks 8 September 2009. Retrieved 2011-10-15
- Lam, Perry (October 2009). "Hollow man and useless beauty". Muse Magazine (33): 98.
External links
- Prince of Tears at IMDb
- Prince of Tears (Lei wangzi) at Rotten Tomatoes
- REDEFINE magazine - Prince of Tears Film Review