(Hong Kong / Taiwan)

(October 22, 2009)

It happened in 1950s Taiwan, during the period known as White Terror, when an anti-Communist campaign swept the island and in a hysteria reigned. On one autumn afternoon, two young sisters return from school to find their once-happy home ransacked by military police and their parents arrested and accused of being Communist spies. The film follows a quartet of characters-the dashing air force officer father, his beautiful devoted wife, a mysterious scar-faced bureaucrat and a general's glamorous wife. Their lives and loves intertwine until everything erupts in a rhapsody. Amid life in that turbulent era, friendship, passion, high-minded ideals and dignity are all put on trial in the courtroom of human desire...

The film was screened during Toronto International Film Festival and Venice International Film Festival in the past September. Director Yonfan was born in 1947 in Chinese city of Wuhan and grew up in Taiwan and Hong Kong. His passion ranges across film, photography, music and dance. His previous works include Color Blossoms (2004), Peony Pavilion (2001), Bishonen (1998), Immortal Story (1986), The Story of Rose (1985) and his directorial debut A Certain Romance (1984).

Directed by: Yonfan,
Written by: Yonfan,

Starring: CHANG Hsiao-chuan, FAN Jik-Wai, Terri KWAN, Kenneth TSANG, ZHU Guangxuan, Jack KAO, LIN Yo-Wei, Chiao Chiao, LI Lieh,

Produced by: Peony5 Film Co., Ltd. (Taipei), Filmagic Pictures Company (Taipei), Far Sun Film Co. (Hong Kong).