''Murmur of Youth'' () is a 1997 Taiwanese
coming of age
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film directed by
Lin Cheng-sheng. Stars Rene Liu and Jing Tseng shared the Best Actress award at the 1997
Tokyo International Film Festival
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Plot
The film follows the parallel stories of Chen Mei-Li (Rene Liu), a middle class suburban girl from a materialistic dysfunctional family, and the shyer, more introverted Ling Mei-li (Jing Tseng), a working-class girl being raised by her father and grandmother in a ramshackle home on the outskirts of town. The two meet when Ling, after dropping out of college when the boy she has a crush on begins dating another girl, takes a job at a local movie theater where she works the ticket booth with Chen. First bonding over their shared name, a close friendship slowly develops between them.
Cast
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Rene Liu
Rene Liu Ruo-ying (; born 1 June, 1969) is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter, actress, director and writer. In the Sinophone world, Liu is widely known by her affectionate nickname "Milk Tea". Her music often focuses on love stories and has built an ...
as Mei-li Chen
*Jing Tseng as Mei-li Ling
*Chin-Hsin Tsai as Chen's father
*Hsiu Li as Chen's mother
*Grandma Pi as Grandma
*Pi-tung Lien as Lin's dad
*Shih-Hsine Wang as Baker
*Vicky Wei as Fen baker's girlfriend
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Chao-jung Chen as Lin's schoolmate
*Jen-Feng Cheng as Chen's brother
*Chiung-hua Chen as Chen's sister-in-law
References
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1997 films
1997 drama films
1990s Mandarin-language films
Central Motion Picture Corporation films
Taiwanese drama films
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