Murmur of Youth (Chinese: 美麗在唱歌) is a 1997 Taiwanese coming of age film directed by Lin Cheng-sheng. Stars Rene Liu and Jing Tseng shared the Best Actress award at the 1997 Tokyo International Film Festival.[1]
Murmur of Youth | |
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Directed by | Lin Cheng-sheng |
Written by | Lin Cheng-sheng So-ching Ko |
Produced by | Hsu Li-kong Shun-Ching Chiu |
Starring | Rene Liu Jing Tseng |
Cinematography | Cheng-hui Tsai |
Edited by | Hsiao-Tong Chen Li-Yu Chen |
Music by | Bobby Chen Hong-Yee Chang |
Release date | 1997 |
Running time | 106 min. |
Country | Taiwan |
Languages | Min Nan, Mandarin Chinese |
The film follows the parallel stories of Chen Mei-Li (Rene Liu), a middle class suburban girl from a materialistic dysfunctional family, and the shyer, more introverted Ling Mei-li (Jing Tseng), a working-class girl being raised by her father and grandmother in a ramshackle home on the outskirts of town. The two meet when Ling, after dropping out of college when the boy she has a crush on begins dating another girl, takes a job at a local movie theater where she works the ticket booth with Chen. First bonding over their shared name, a close friendship slowly develops between them.[2][3]