SYNOPSIS

It's the old story of the younger generation ('60s kids from a mining town) leaving the country to try their luck in the big city. Two high-school students, Wan and Huen, are both from the small mining town of Jio-fen. Wan, seeing his village as a dead-end career-wise, decides to leave their home town to go to Taipei to find work, intending to complete his education via night-school. His girlfriend Huen also leaves for Taipei after graduation.
In the city, Wan is an apprentice by day and goes to night school, and Huen works as a helper at a tailors. Everyone thinks they are meant for each other, so do they. They fail to see time and fate are beyond their control. A shy, but devoted couple seem to be making a go of it, but life, jobs, family and even military service take a toll on the relationship.

TECHNICAL DATA

Director: Hou Hsiao Hsien
Script:T'ien-wen Chu, Nien-Jen Wu 
Cast: Yue-Lin Ko, Tianlu Li, Chien-wen Wang, Shufen Xin, Lai-Yin Yang
Cinematography: Pin Bing Lee
Music: Ming Chang Chen, Ching Chun Hsu
Runtime: 109 min. COLOR.