Dongdong de jiaqi

A Summer at Grandpa's

by Hou Hsiao-Hsien

Dong Dong and his younger sister are sent to spend their holidays at their grandparents' house in the countryside. They soon join a group of children and spend their days playing in the fields and in the creek near the railway. Once in a while they get news from the city about their mother who is at the hospital. One day, their dad comes to pick them up. Holidays are over.
Country: Taiwan
Year: 1984
Running time: 100'
Genre: fiction
Screenplay: Zhu Tianwen
Cinematography: Chen Kuhnou
Editing: Liao Qingsong
Music: Edward Yang
With: Wang Qiguang, Lin Xiuling, Koo Chuen, Mei Fang
Produced by: Wanbaolu