Meeting Dr. Sun (2014)
Two factions of Taipei's poorest high school students both plot to steal their school's iconic statue of the famed philosopher Dr. Sun to make some much-needed money-but when their plans clash and they find themselves at war, they have to question: what are they really fighting for?
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it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.
Watching it is like watching the spectacle of a class clown at their best: you laugh at their jokes, instigate their defiance, and "ooooh" when they get in trouble.
Clearly somebody is screwing around with the rating here. This is no masterpiece, but it's definitely not a 3 star film. It's a solid, decent coming-of-age drama. I'm curious who is out to tank the rating.
I saw this film accidentally at a film festival in Prague. Later on, I kept using this films as a audiovisual materials in my class. I really like this film. It's simple but very thought-provoking. The audience must have some background knowledge of Taiwan in order to enjoy more of the film. A innocently mischievous idea by the students entails with Taiwanese social phenomena and political ideals from the history. A light comedy carries the heaviness from the history and the society.