A Drifting Life
(Chun hua meng lu)
Screening on Film
Directed by Lin Cheng-sheng.
With Lee Kang-sheng, Vicky Wei, Grace Chen.
Taiwan, 1996, 35mm, color, 123 min.
With Lee Kang-sheng, Vicky Wei, Grace Chen.
Taiwan, 1996, 35mm, color, 123 min.
After his wife dies during childbirth, Ku-cheng (Lee) leaves his children behind in their rural village while he finds work on a construction site in the city. He develops a relationship with a widow but despite their intimacy, he refuses to remarry. Lin’s moving, mutli-generational debut feature is anchored by a strong performance from Tsai Ming-liang alter ego Lee Kang-sheng.
