Such a life
1997-09-28 | 103 minutes
Plot Summary
'Such a Life' is quite a sad film. It is set in the sixties, in a village on the west coast of Taiwan, where many are succumbing to 'black foot', a disease caused by drinking contaminated well water. The only 'cure' is to amputate the afflicted limb, and to avoid drinking the contaminated water. Many in the village were already sick, and few could afford to have tap-water installed. At the center of the story is Ah Chung, who lives with his grandfather, who has already lost one leg to 'black foot'. In the same village also live an opera family, who are finding things increasingly difficult there, an oyster farmer, who complains that his oysters are being poisoned by a nearby pharmaceutical plant, and an assortment of children who enjoy swimming in the sea, and who bully Ah Chung. A significant portion of the action also takes place in the village school, where Ah Chung is having trouble keeping up with the fees.
Cast
Recommendations
-
Faces of Death III
-
Three-Wheel-Stroller
-
Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés
-
Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Little Star Wars 2021
-
Peter Pan
-
Angelique and the Sultan
-
Wings in the Dark
-
Crazy Horse
-
Rewind 2: 1996
-
Crash Test
-
Mythica: The Godslayer
-
Enjoi - Bag of Suck
-
The Unofficial Science of Home Alone
-
Steel - Variations on a Theme
-
Ok Jaanu
-
Jennifer Lopez: Let's Get Loud
-
Red
-
Eyes of the Mothman
-
Scooby-Doo! Ghastly Goals