66th THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
31 OCTOBER → 9 NOVEMBER 2025
Tributes, Retrospectives, Homages, Spotlights: Hou Hsiao Hsien
A CITY OF SADNESS
BEIQING CHENGSHI
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Taiwan 1989 158 35mm Color
i There are no scheduled screenings.
Film description
August 1945. Japan surrenders and, after 51 years of occupation, Taiwan reverts back to Chinese dominion. The film is an epic story which paints a post-war portrait of Taiwan through the life of the Lin family. This family, in its day one of the most important the small town where they live, is going through a bad spell because of the misfortunes suffered by its four sons. The eldest son is murdered, the second son is missing in action after being recruited by the Japanese, the third was branded a collaborator, was imprisoned, and has now come home suffering mental problems, while the fourth was rendered deaf and mute after a childhood accident...
i There are no scheduled screenings.
