Darkness and Light
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Kang-li is a young girl who comes home for summer vacatyion to a small fishing town near Taipei. There she cares for her retarded younger brother, her blind relatives, and her father who has recently been injured in a car accident in which her mother was killed. The only relief she gets is from Ah Ping, a young man she fancies even though she soon finds out that he is from a family of gangsters.
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Winner of three awards at the 1999 Tokyo International Film Festival including: the Grand Prix for Best Feature, the Tokyo Gold Prize, and the Asian Film Award.
Released in United States 1999
Released in United States 2000
Released in United States February 2000
Released in United States July 2000
Released in United States May 1999
Released in United States September 1999
Shown at Cannes Film Festival (Directors Fortnight) May 12-23, 1999.
Shown at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival July 5-15, 2000.
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (Global Views) April 20 - May 4, 2000.
Shown at the European Film Market, February 9-20, 2000
Shown at Tokyo International Film Festival (in competition) October 30 - November 7, 1999.
Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) September 9-18, 1999.
Released in United States 1999
Released in United States 1999 (Shown at Tokyo International Film Festival (in competition) October 30 - November 7, 1999.)
Released in United States 2000 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (Global Views) April 20 - May 4, 2000.)
Released in United States February 2000 (Shown at the European Film Market, February 9-20, 2000)
Released in United States May 1999 (Shown at Cannes Film Festival (Directors Fortnight) May 12-23, 1999.)
Released in United States July 2000 (Shown at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival July 5-15, 2000.)
Released in United States September 1999 (Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) September 9-18, 1999.)
