A Brighter Summer Day (1991) Edward Yang | Cinema at the Museum

Name: A Brighter Summer Day (1991) Edward Yang | Cinema at the Museum
Start: 2024-07-26T18:00:00-06:00
Location: 102 Spadina Cres East, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, Saskatchewan S7K 0L3

Schedule

Fri Jul 26 2024 at 06:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

102 Spadina Cres East, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, Saskatchewan S7K 0L3 | Saskatoon, SK

This July, Cinema at the Museum presents a series of films that depict the summertime, along with all of its complexities. From celebration to independence, romance, and tensions rising with the heat, these films present the heightened intensity of summer from various decades and perspectives that highlight its potential for freedom, self-exploration, and passion.
Friday, July 26, 6 PM
Film: A Brighter Summer Day
Director: Edward Yang
Year: 1991
Runtime: 237 minutes
Country: Taiwan
Rating: PG
Taiwan, 1960s. After failing a test, innocent boy Xiao Si’r must attend night school. There, two rival gangs constantly clash. Xiao Si’r stays away from the gangs’ actions—until the day he meets Ming and falls in love with her. But Ming is the girlfriend of Honey, leader of one of the two gangs…
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