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A Brighter Summer Day
TAIWAN · 1991

A Brighter Summer Day

Edward Yang
baseball bat high school taiwan coming of age tragedy
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Synopsis

A boy experiences first love, friendships and injustices growing up in 1960s Taiwan.

Cinema Atlas Connection
When I went into making Moonlight, Edward Yang and A Brighter Summer Day was almost always on my mind. It was very freeing to watch that film and see how Edward Yang just let the story unfold and let the frames just carry the audience along.

Edward Yang just let the story unfold and let the frames just carry the audience along.

— Barry Jenkins  ·  The Criterion Collection (Essay: 'Edward Yang’s A Brighter Summer Day: My Life on Film')
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