If you loved La Cité des douleurs, try Le Maître de marionnettes
Un pont entre un film que tu as déjà vu et un que peu de gens ont croisé. Voici ce qu'ils partagent, et ce que le second fait que le premier ne fait pas.
Ce qu'ils partagent
Both films are directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien, and they both carry the slow burn mood tag, and they sit in Drama / History territory. If that's the register that drew you to La Cité des douleurs, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Le Maître de marionnettes is
You’re Li Tien-lu in 1940s Taipei, threading marionettes across a cramped stage while Japanese censors lurk in the back row. The poles move faster than the laws can keep up. A veteran director once shot in black and white on gelatin-silver streets that still smell of wet ink and gunpowder.
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