Starry Starry Night

Starry Starry Night

2011 · 99 min · ZH · 6.4 (40 votes)
Dir. Tom Lin · Starring Xu Jiao, Lin Hui-min, Harlem Yu, Janel Tsai, Shih Chin-Hang, René Liu · Music Katsuhiko Maeda
Drama

There was once a young girl named May who felt alienated from everyone around her. May is worried about her mother and father, whose marriage is on the rocks, and she yearns to return to the woods where her grandfather lives. One day, May befriends a boy as lonely as she is. When reality catches up, they run away to a beautiful world that belongs only to them. Both imaginatively escapist and heartbreakingly realistic, their journey speaks to kids and adults alike with the pain of solitude, the sorrow of loss, and the warmth of hope.

VIBE

A quiet, introspective journey through a child's fractured world. It feels like a whispered secret, a melancholic dream tinged with the fragile hope of finding solace in shared loneliness. Visually tender and emotionally resonant.

melancholicwistfulhopefulintrospectiveslow-burnarthousecoming-of-ageindie dramachildhood traumaescapismlonelinessfamily dysfunction
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