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A City of Sadness (Chinese: 悲情城市; pinyin: Bēiqíng chéngshì) is a 1989 Taiwanese historical drama directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien.It tells the story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror" that was wrought on the Taiwanese people by the Kuomintang government (KMT) after their arrival from mainland China in the late 1940s, during which thousands of Taiwanese and recent emigres from ...
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Hou's thirteenth film, Flowers of Shanghai (1998), would see him reunite with actor Tony Leung Chiu-Wai from A City of Sadness as well as Jack Kao, and was a period piece set in the elegant brothels (also known as "flower houses") of 1880s Shanghai.
The Sadness was released in Taiwan on 22 January 2021. [3] It had its international premiere at the 74th Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland on 12 August 2021. [ 4 ] It was screened at the 25th Fantasia International Film Festival in Canada in August 2021, [ 4 ] [ 6 ] as well as at Fantastic Fest in the U.S. in September 2021.
The February 28 incident (also called the February 28 massacre, [3] [4] the 228 incident, [5] or the 228 massacre) [5] was an anti-government uprising in Taiwan in 1947 that was violently suppressed by the Kuomintang–led nationalist government of the Republic of China (ROC).
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Sadness is an emotional pain associated with, or characterized by, feelings of disadvantage, loss, despair, grief, helplessness, disappointment and sorrow. An individual experiencing sadness may become quiet or lethargic , and withdraw themselves from others.