A Time to Live and a Time to Die

Mar 23, 2015

(1985, 136 min, 35mm)

Please note screening locations!
Friday, March 20 at the Grand Illusion Cinema
Monday, March 23 at Northwest Film Forum

Hou turned to his own coming-of-age story for one of his most acclaimed films, a tale that begins in 1947 and stretches over nearly twenty years. After the war, young Ah-hsiao (a fictionalized version of Hou) and his family move from China to rural Taiwan when his father secures a government job there. Ah-hsaio gets tangled up in street gangs, experiences his family’s evolutions and struggles, and eventually takes up a central role in keeping them together. Jonathan Rosenbaum called it “an excellent introduction to [Hou's] work as a whole.”

Please note screening locations!
Friday, March 20 at the Grand Illusion Cinema, 1403 Northeast 50th Street—Buy Advance Tickets >

Monday, March 23 at Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Avenue—Buy Advance Tickets >

  • Part of our series Also Like Life: The Films of Hou Hsiao-hsienread more >

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