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Bookmark this pageToo Young (1997)
Director: Huang Min-Chen
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From Time Out Film Guide
Huang's prize-winning debut deals with the stresses of adolescence: sexual stirrings, mental doubts, physical insecurities and the fear of death. A quiet schoolboy in the middle of the transition from dumbbells to New Age meditation tapes goes out of his way to befriend the new boy in class: a strong, pensive guy rumoured to have attempted suicide at his previous school. The nearest they ever get to making love is taking a nude swim together during a school air-raid drill, but they do penetrate each other's shells. Huang compares their hesitations with the absolute faith of a Buddhist monk, as if to suggest that they, too, are on a spiritual path. Thanks to remarkably believable performances from both boys, it has the aura of a small classic.Author: TR
Cast & crew
Director: Huang Min-Chen
Producer: Huang Min-Chen, Zheng Zewen, Zeng Wenzhen
Cast: Jia Xiaoguo, Mo Ziyi, Priest Qingshun, Lin Zhensheng, Yang Weiling full cast
Duration: 40 mins
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