Hou Hsiao-hsien
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Hou Hsiao-hsien is a retired Taiwanese film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He is a leading figure in world cinema and in Taiwan's New Wave cinema movement. He won the Golden Lion at the V
Hou at a screening of The Assassin at the Cinémathèque Française, 2016
Hou in 1989
A City of Sadness
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A City of Sadness is a 1989 Taiwanese historical drama directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien. It tells the story of the Lin family amid the political turmoil surrounding the February 28 Incident of 1947 and the
Hou Hsiao-hsien
…is a leading figure in world cinema and in Taiwan's New Wave cinema movement. He won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1989 for his film A City of Sadness (1989), and the Best Director award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2015 for The Assassin (2015). Other highly regarded works of his include The…
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