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Release Year2004
Runtime1h 39m
LanguageMandarin
CertificationNR
GenresDrama, Comedy
Votes3
DirectorHsu Fu-chun
WritersHsu Fu-chun
TypeFeature Film
Rating6.3 out of 10
Cast6 credited
Also Known AsHoliday Dreaming
About Holiday Dreaming
Ah-Zhou, who is about to be honorably discharged from the military service, has a surreal dream. In the dream he sees the dead body of Shing-Shing Chen, a classmate in elementary school from years back. Is this dream implying that Shing-Shing Chen might have died? Soon afterwards, Ah-Zhou gets an unexpected five-day vacation and decides to look for Shing-Shing Chen. Nevertheless, he quickly learns that the special vacation is for him and another soon-to-be-discharged solider, Xiao-Gui, to go after a deserter, Kuen-He, who ran away with weapons two days ago. Both of them are worried about this assignment because they, the old birds, used to pick on Kuen-He, a spring chicken. And Kuen-He is now a deserter, armed and dangerous.
Directed by Hsu Fu-chun, Holiday Dreaming leans on a strong ensemble — Tony Yang, Janine Chang Chun-Ning, Liang Yolin — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about drama titles of 2004.
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