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A City of Sadness (1989)
Hou Hsiao-hsien's Golden Lion winner delivers an unflinching portrait of a family shattered during Taiwan's White Terror era, using a single family to mirror a nation's trauma. The film's quiet mastery earned it the 1989 Venice Golden Lion, the first for a Taiwanese film, and it remains the definitive cinematic account of the 2/28 Incident. With a runtime of 157 minutes, it unfolds with deliberate pacing that demands patience but rewards with profound emotional depth.
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