Love story with real heart
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November 9, 2012, Friday
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ATTENDING a full day of school then spending hours afterwards with a private tutor is a must in Taiwan, where students start 'cram schools' as early as elementary school so they can better their exam results and get into a prestigious high school or college.
Director Hou Chi Jan knows it all too well.
He said he spent a copious amount of his adolescence on "Nanyang Street" - the Taipei street home to many cram schools.
He has such vivid memories about the place, it became the backdrop to his new film, "When a Wolf Falls in Love with a Sheep."
"I think that (Nanyang) street is a place where dreams are lost. In reality, there's some sadness to it," Hou said. "I want to make a film about it, to give it some warmth. The story is about sweet young love and tells you whatever you lose, you'll get it back in other ways."
In the film, Kai Ko plays "Tung," who goes to Nanyang Street to search for an ex-girlfriend who dumped him to go to cram school.
He meets a quirky girl who loves drawing pictures of sheep on test papers. Tung draws a picture of a wolf to spark up a relationship.
"When a Wolf Falls in Love with a Sheep" will be released in Taiwan today and Hong Kong next week.
Director Hou Chi Jan knows it all too well.
He said he spent a copious amount of his adolescence on "Nanyang Street" - the Taipei street home to many cram schools.
He has such vivid memories about the place, it became the backdrop to his new film, "When a Wolf Falls in Love with a Sheep."
"I think that (Nanyang) street is a place where dreams are lost. In reality, there's some sadness to it," Hou said. "I want to make a film about it, to give it some warmth. The story is about sweet young love and tells you whatever you lose, you'll get it back in other ways."
In the film, Kai Ko plays "Tung," who goes to Nanyang Street to search for an ex-girlfriend who dumped him to go to cram school.
He meets a quirky girl who loves drawing pictures of sheep on test papers. Tung draws a picture of a wolf to spark up a relationship.
"When a Wolf Falls in Love with a Sheep" will be released in Taiwan today and Hong Kong next week.
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