A City of Sadness
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The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror", mainland China's political repression that was wrought on the Taiwanese people by the Kuomintang government in the late 1940s.
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A profound and deeply affecting historical drama that immerses you in a turbulent era. It's a somber, melancholic experience, heavy with the weight of loss and the oppressive atmosphere of political turmoil.
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