The Dull Ice Flower

The Dull Ice Flower
魯冰花
Directed by	Yang Li Kuo
Written by	Wu Nien-jen
Starring	Huang Kun Hsuan Lee Shu Chen Chen Sung-young Chen Wei sin Yu Han Lee Yi Hsiung
Cinematography	Mark Lee Ping Bin
Edited by	Huang Cheng Hsiang
Music by	Tseng Shu-chin
Release date	1989 (1989)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	Taiwan
Languages	Mandarin, Taiwanese Hokkien

The Dull Ice Flower (Chinese: 魯冰花, literally translated as lupine flower) is a 1989 Taiwanese film based on the novel of the same title by Chung Chao-cheng.^[1] Dealing with education and other social issues in rural Taiwan in the deprived 1950s and early 1960s, the story was adapted into a screenplay by Wu Nien-jen.

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Every night remember mother's word, shining tears, dull ice flower. Every night remember mother's word. Shining tears. I know that the midnight stars can sing. A homesick night and I echoed each other. I know that afternoon breeze can sing. Childhood's cicadas chirp and breeze always echoed each other. When the hands hold the bustle, mood become barren. Only to find that everything is going to change. When youth leave the diary, black hair is turning white. Only that song remains the same, singing back and forth in hearts. Every night remember mother's word, shining tears, dull ice flower. The stars in the sky do not speak. Doll on the ground miss her mother. The eye of heaven blink. Mother's heart ah dull ice flower. Hometown's tea garden have full of flowers. Mother's affection is far away. Every night remember mother's word. Shining tears, dull ice flower. Every night remember mother's word. Shining tears, dull ice flower. Every night remember mother's word, Shining tears.

Synopsis

Ku A-ming (古阿明) is a fourth grader at Chungshan Elementary School in Shuiyu Township. Despite being not very good in most subjects at school, he is very talented in art and has a great imagination, though most teachers cannot understand what he's expressing in his artwork. During a morning assembly, a new art teacher named Mr. Kuo asks if anyone is interested in joining the after school art club. Ku A-ming was the first one to volunteer. During an art competition, the school teachers voted to decide a winner to represent the school in a nationwide competition; most voted the mayor's son for their own interests. Since A-ming lost, Mr. Kuo protested by quitting his job at the school. Before he leaves, he asked A-ming to give him one of his drawings. Sadly, after Mr. Kuo has left, A-ming dies of liver illness. Mr. Kuo sends A-ming's drawing to a worldwide children's art competition, with A-ming's winning as the champion. The teachers begin to regret for neglecting A-ming's great artistic talent. During A-ming's funeral, A-ming's father burned his son's drawings to commemorate A-ming's passing.

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Awards

At the 26th annual Golden Horse Film Festival, The Dull Ice Flower was nominated for 6 awards, including Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Leading Actor, and Best Original Film Score. It won 2 awards, namely Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Film Song.^[2] The movie was chosen as “My most favourite Taiwan movie” in a poll organised by the Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute in 2023.^[3]

References

^ Berry, Michael (2008). A History of Pain: Trauma in Modern Chinese Literature and Film. Columbia University Press. p. 70. ISBN 9780231141628.
^ "1989 Nominees and Winners". Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
^ "票選最愛國片！最催淚經典《魯冰花》奪冠不因時代被淡忘". Retrieved 14 Sep 2023.

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