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Red Persimmon

Date:1996
Director: Tung Wang
Screenwriter: Wang Tung
Featured Country: Taiwan
Running Time: 168
Format: Color
Original Language: Mandarin
Event: Chinese History


This film recounts the circumstances surrounding director Wang Tung's flight from the Chinese mainland to Taiwan. As a boy, he lived with nine brothers, all looked after by their grandmother. Through reenactments of his memories, the story moves from harrowing moments of flight to their peaceful life before leaving became necessary. This family goes from a life of relative ease and comfort in China to one of daily hardship and toil, having lost all of their holdings during the move. Recalling these events, the director examines a traumatic event that is still vivid in the memories of Taiwan's older generations.