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A Summer at Grandpa's
Directed by
Hou Hsiao-hsien
PG
1984
1h 33m
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7.6
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A coming-of-age story about a young brother and sister who spend a pivotal summer in the country with their grandparents.
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Cast of A Summer at Grandpa's
Wong Kai-Gwong
Tung-tung
Lee Suk-Ching
Ting-ting
Chen Bo-zheng
Liu Chang-min
Lin Hsiu-Ling
Lin Pi-yun
Yen Cheng-kuo
Yen Cheng-kuo
Nai-Chu Ting
Huizhen
Edward Yang
Guanglin
Mei Fang
Tung-tung's Grandmother
Ku Chun
Tung-tung's Grandfather
Yang Li-Yin
Hanzi
Cho Sheng-Li
Chiang Ching-Hsia
金士會
A Summer at Grandpa's Reviews
MovieMartyr.com
Jeremy Heilman
Hou's relative invisibility serves the story, allowing the mood, pretty scenery, and accomplished naturalistic performances to take center stage.
World Socialist Web Site
David Walsh
The film threatens to end somewhat too neatly and benignly ... but Hou demonstrates at the last moment his depth and humanity.
CinePassion
Fernando F. Croce
The graceful and thorny opening up of a child's world
Reverse Shot
Leo Goldsmith
Hou's film places demands on our powers of observation, insisting that we, like Tung-tung, attend to the minutiae, ironies, and deeper meanings it offers us.
Combustible Celluloid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
These obvious elements of melodrama never reach any kind of hysterical pitch, however. Hou keeps everything wrapped up in a tone of warmth and childlike optimism.
Asian Movie Pulse
Panos Kotzathanasis
"A Summer at Grandpa's" highlights Hou Hsia-hsien's prowess in using episodic narratives in order to make deep and realistic social comments, as he explores societal complexities and familial dynamics through the perspective of children.
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