A Boy and a Girl
Taiwan / 2023 / 140 min
In Mandarin with Chinese and English subtitles
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival
Busan International Film Festival
Munich International Film Festival

In a shoddy seaside town, a teenage boy desperately wants to leave home after meeting his mother's toxic new boyfriend, while a teenage girl enters an improper relationship with a soccer coach. The two scheme to leave for greener pastures, but they end up getting deeper into trouble instead. Hsu Lida's feature directorial effort is a gritty slow-burn drama about two young souls' futile search for hope in a world where people exploit, use and abuse one another, and their only sin is being forced to grow up far too early.

DIR:
Hsu Li-da
CAST:
Travis Hu, Kira Skelly, Kris Kuan, Frederick Lee, Yao Chun-yao
TIME & VENUE
18/10 7:15PM Broadway Cinematheque
27/10 1:00PM GALA CINEMA
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