La Cité des douleurs

Taiwan’s White Terror meets a family saga. A clan fractures under KMT pressure between 1947 and 1987. The era’s quiet violence lingers through Hou’s layered long takes.

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Hou Hsiao-hsien directed La Cité des douleurs in 1989. See Hou Hsiao-hsien's full filmography, where to start with Hou Hsiao-hsien, or where to go after you've seen everything by Hou Hsiao-hsien.

La Cité des douleurs was released in 1989 (ZH original-language production), with a runtime of 158 minutes.