- Rebels of the Neon God
Infobox_Film
name = Rebels of the Neon God
starring =Lee Kang-sheng Chen Chao-jung Jen Chang-bin Lu Yi-Ching
director =Tsai Ming-liang
writer = Tsai Ming-liang
producer =Hsu Li-Kong
music =Huang Shu-Jun
released = 1992
runtime = 106 min.
127 min. (Canada )
country = Taiwan| language = Mandarin
Taiwanese
budget =
awards =
imdb_id = 0103935"Rebels of the Neon God" (Taiwanese: "Ch'ing shaonien ne cha", literally "Teenaged
Nezha ") is a 1992Taiwan ese film byTsai Ming-liang . It is his first full-length film. It tells two stories ofTaipei youth. One details alienatedbuxiban student Hsiao Kang (Lee) and his troubled interactions with his family. The other shows two petty hoods, Ah Tze and Ah Bing, along with Ah Kuei, Tze's erstwhile girlfriend. An idle act of violence brings the two groups into collision, and an act of revenge at the end completes the circle. It is a story of troubled youth, dissatisfaction, and the alienating effect of urban life.Much of "Rebels of the Neon God" is filmed in various arcades and malls in Taipei and on the streets of the city with hand-held cameras. It is filmed in a much more naturalistic manner than some of Tsai's later work.
It won
Golden Horse Award s for Best Original Score and thePrize of the City of Torino for Best Film at theTorino International Festival of Young Cinema .Title
The Taiwanese title refers to Nezha, a powerful child god in Chinese classical mythology who was born into a human family. Nezha is impulsive and disobedient. He tries to kill his father, but is brought under control when a Taoist immortal (Nezha's spiritual mentor) gives the father a miniature pagoda that enables him to control his rebellious son. This resonates in the film a number of ways: Lee's mother believes that he is Nezha reincarnated, and Tze and Bing try to pawn off some stolen goods to an arcade proprieter named Nezha. Before the pawning of the stolen goods, Lee vandalizes Tze's motorcycle, including graffiti stating "Here is Nezha."
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*imdb title|id=0103935|title=Ch'ing shaonien na cha
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