Heartbreak Island (1995)

  • NR
  • 03/23/1995 (US)
  • Drama
  • 2h

Overview

In Taiwan, a young woman, Lin-Lang, is released from prison after serving ten years for terrorist activity. She had turned to bomb making in grief after her mentor and lover, An Rong, who was also her university professor, was arrested for political activity and, she presumed, executed. In prison, she learns Rong is alive, and she maintains her spirits and sanity for the years in her cell by holding imaginary conversations with him. When she is released, she discovers he is married, has a child, and lives conventionally. She finds him; he's not happy to see her. How she reacts to losing the center of her life becomes the subject of the film.

Cheng Kuo

Writer

Chiang Shui-Chung

Writer

Hsu Hsiao-Ming

Director

Cast

Vicky Wei's headshot

Vicky Wei

Chen Lin-Lang
Jieh-Wen King's headshot

Jieh-Wen King

Wang Rong
Tsai Chen-Nan's headshot

Tsai Chen-Nan

Jin Guang
Cheung Jing-Yue's headshot

Cheung Jing-Yue

An-An, Wang's Wife
Wen Ying's headshot

Wen Ying

Wang's Mother
Chyi Chin's headshot

Chyi Chin

Cindy Mong's headshot

Cindy Mong

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