''Orchids and My Love'' () is a 1966 Taiwanese film. It won six awards at the 5th Golden Horse Film Festival, including Best Feature Film and

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. The film drew attention for its embodiment of Confucian ethics, in comparison to ''

Beautiful Duckling ''Beautiful Duckling'' is a 1965 Taiwanese film directed by Li Hsing. It tells the story of a duck man Lin Tsai-tien ( Ko Hsiang-ting) and his adopted daughter Hsiao-yue. Hsiao-yue ( Tang Pao-yun) knows nothing about her real descent, which Lin ha ...

Plot

Young Meng Rou-lan (

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) loves ballet, but cannot perform as she has polio. She is raised by her father (

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) on an orchid farm. His unconditional love sees Meng through her recovery. As she matures to adulthood (

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), Meng learns to treasure her independence.

References

1966 films Films about families Taiwanese romantic drama films {{Taiwan-film-stub