Winds Of September (DVD) (Regular Version) (Taiwan Version)

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Winds of September is the first chapter in an Eric Tsang-produced trilogy of youth films set in Taiwan, Hong Kong, & China. Written & directed by Tom Lin ( Parachute Kids), whose original script also serves as the basis for the Hong Kong & China chapters of the trilogy, Winds of September follows nine Taiwan teenagers whose lives & friendship evolve greatly in the course of one fateful year. Set from 1996 to 1997, the same year a baseball corruption scandal shook Taiwan, the coming-of-age film delicately treads the turbulent path of youth, from rowdy hijinks to angst & disillusionment to bittersweet realization. Wrapping the loss of innocence in the beautiful photography & wistful atmosphere that come like second skin for Taiwan youth films, Winds of September features an up-&-coming cast that

Includes:: Modi from the hit program Bang Bang Tang, Rhydian Vaughan, Wang Bo Chieh ( Ms. Cupid), Teresa Chi ( Sweet Relationship), & Chang Chieh, who was previously nominated for Golden Horse Best New Performer for The Missing. The films benefactor Eric Tsang & former baseball player Liao Min Hsiung also make supporting appearances.

Popular player Yen (Rhydian Vaughan) leads a group of seven troublemaking high school boys who raise havoc in the classroom, smoke on the school rooftop, & heckle at baseball games in their provincial hometown of Hsinchu. When Yen cheats on his girlfriend Yun (Jennifer Chu), the more introverted Tang (Chang Chieh), who holds a torch for Yun, takes the blame & the beating for his buddy. The incident sets off a painful fallout in friendship as misunderstandings build & extend across the group. The harder they struggle to hold on to friendship, the more they lose themselves & each other.