Undercurrent (2020)
Overview
On a winter evening in 1979, the arrest of anti-government protesters is underway. The city is under curfew, but a teenage student, out of curiosity, follows a mysterious young man from a riverside path into an abandoned hut. Living in Taiwan under martial law, are men constantly escaping from government, society, or the affection buried in their hearts?
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| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | zh |
| Popularity | 1.9976 |
Directed By
Zoe Weng Yu-Tong
Crew
Zoe Weng Yu-Tong
Zoe Weng Yu-Tong
Yang Pei-Leing
Sheng-Wen Yan
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