Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefTaiwanese fingers will be crossed on Monday as wrenching family drama film “A Sun” hopes to secure the territory’s first foreign Oscar nomination since 2000, when Lee Ang’s “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” was a winner in the category and became a global commercial success.Directed by Chung Mong-hong “A Sun” is a powerful and dark tale of disaffected youth that raises questions about parental and individual responsibility.
And it is somewhat at odds with Taiwan’s cinematic image as a land of colorful fantasy, urban slackers and martial arts.But that dissonance, and the film’s critical acclaim, are all good from the point of view of TAICCA, the newish government-backed agency whose role it is to help develop.
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