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TAIWAN · 2014

Stray Dogs

Tsai Ming-liang
Taiwan New Wave urban poverty father-child relationships alcoholism social isolation redemption
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Synopsis

An alcoholic man and his two young children barely survive in Taipei. They cross paths with a lonely grocery clerk who might help them make a better life.

Year2014
CountryTaiwan
DirectorTsai Ming-liang
MovementTaiwan New Wave
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