The Time to Live and the Time to Die
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Hou Hsiao-hsien’s A Time to Live, a Time to Die is a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age drama tracing the childhood and adolescence of Ah-ha, who grows up with his family in Taiwan after they flee mainland China following the Chinese Civil War. As he matures, he witnesses the gradual decline and deaths of his parents and the changing circumstances of his family and community. Set against the transition from rural traditions to modern urban life, the film evokes memory, displacement, family, and the passage of time through quiet observation and understated emotion.
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