Growing Up
(小畢的故事)
A young girl tries to defy traditions with chicken curry in this gentle satire
CHEN KUN-HOU MINI-RETROSPECTIVE
Taiwan | Drama | 1983 | 95 minutes
In Mandarin and Taiwanese w/ Chinese and English Subtitles
Director: Chen Kun-hou
Screenwriter: Hou hsiao-hsien, Chu tien-wen, Ding yah-min, Hsu Shu-chen
Cast: Doze Niu, Tuo Tsung-hua, Jang Chuen-Fang, Yen Cheng-kuo
Film Source: Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute
Admission Free. RSVP is required.
SYNOPSIS:
Set in the coastal town of Tamsui, this story follows Xiaobi, a young troublemaker who shows off a remarkable penchant for mischief, whether it be at school, while playing, or at home. His story is set against societal turmoil in 1950s Taiwan.
To adapt screenwriter Chu Tien-wen’s novella into film, Chen Kun-hou and co-writer Hou Hsiao-hsien reportedly had to take out loans and sell their properties for funding. The result not only won multiple awards at the Golden Horse Awards (including Best Film), it launched the renowned New Taiwan Cinema movement that put Taiwanese cinema on the world map.
NOTE:
Since this is an Admissions Free event with high volume of no-shows, per our venue host's suggestion, we are accepting RSVPs 50% beyond the seating capacity. Therefore your registration DOES NOT guarantee your seats inside the auditorium. Seats availability is served on a first-come-first-served basis presenting us their QR coded individual tickets or per their names. The doors will open 30 minutes for seating prior to the event ONLY. Please try to come early or on time.
Chen Kun-hou, Director
Chen Kun-hou (陳坤厚) is a veteran cinematographer, who started his career in the 1960s. He won his first best cinematography award at Golden Horse Awards in 1978 for He Never Gives Up (汪洋中的一條船), directed by Lee Hsing (李行). In the early 1980s he began to direct his own films in collaboration with Hou Hsiao-hsien (侯孝賢). After series of urban comedies, he made quite a few representative films of the Taiwan New Cinema, such as Growing Up (小畢的故事; 1983), which won him the best director award at the Golden Horse Awards, His Matramony (結婚; 1985), which won him the second best cinematography award at Golden Horse Awards, and My Favorite Season (最想念的季節; 1985), and Osmanthus Alley (桂花巷; 1987). He is awarded for his life achievement in Taiwan cinema at the 60th Golden Horse Awards in 2023.
Screening Date:
Thursday, March 27, 2025
Showtime:
2:30 PM
Doors open 30 minutes before screening.
Location:
Culture Center of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Chicago
55 E 63rd St
Westmont, IL 60559