Daughter of the Nile

Daughter of the Nile

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Release Date

8/22/1987

Runtime

91 mins

Overview

Lin Hsiao-yang tries to keep her family together while working as a waitress at Kentucky Fried Chicken and going to night school. With no mother and her father currently working out of town, it is up to Lin Hsiao-yang to take care of her younger siblings, who are slipping into a life of crime.

Status

Released

Original Language

Chinese

Budget

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Revenue

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Homepage

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A quietly devastating portrait of a young woman caught between childhood and responsibility, watching her family's fraying bonds with lyrical resignation. The film observes small moments of grace and desperation with unflinching tenderness.

Mood

MelancholicWistfulTense

Themes

FamilyComing of ageSurvivalClass

Tone

Tender

Pacing

Meditative

Look

NaturalisticDocumentary-like

Structure

Linear

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