Secrets of 1979(2021)

Name: Secrets of 1979
Director: Zero Chou
Released: 2021-09-21
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Chen Yuu, Daphne Low, Sean Sun, Yu-Ting Hsu, Akio Chen

09/21/2021 (US)TV Movie, Drama1h 26m

7.8

Overview

In the summer of 1979, during Taiwan’s martial law period, Bing-Kuan asks her college friend Shu-Lan to help out on her family’s banana plantation. As time goes by, the two girls secretly develop a romantic relationship, and decide to volunteer at the Formosa Magazine in order to promote democratic freedom of expression. Yet their youthful romance is threatened as the Kuomintang regime seeks to suppress dissident voices.

Zero Chou

Director

Zero Chou

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Chen Yuu

Juan

Daphne Low

Lan

Sean Sun

Siou

Yu-Ting Hsu

Siang

Akio Chen

Juan's Father

Pai-Huei Chang

Senior Juan

Weng Jiawei

Syue

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Part of the Over the Rainbow

Taiwanese film director Zero Chou's (周美玲) Six Asian Cities Rainbow Project — a series of six productions about LGBTQ+ issues shot in six different cities across Asia. Five have been completed so far in the cities: Chengdu (We Are Gamily/偽婚男女); Beijing (The Substitute/替身); Singapore (Handsome Stewardess/帥T空姐 TV Series); Taipei (Wrath of Desire/愛·殺); Penang (Secrets of 1979/弓蕉園的秘密). One more project is planned for Hong Kong.