Two lifelong friends fall in love with each other's sons, leading to a complex web of relationships and unfaithfulness.
Scarborough is a thought-provoking drama that delves into the intertwined lives of various characters, showcasing their struggles with forbidden attractions, coming-of-age dilemmas, and marital crises. The film takes a raw and unflinching look at taboo subjects such as teacher-student relationships, infidelity, and age-gap dynamics.
"The Pocket Lover" tells the story of Julien, a 15 year-old boy who falls in love with an older woman, later discovered to be a prostitute. Now, Julien will have to face several obstacles, which includes his parents opposition with this affair, and Julien's own perceptions about the woman's line of work, going out with wealthy guys.
With a singular voice that distinguishes him from his New Taiwan Cinema contemporaries, Lin Cheng-sheng adds to his brief, but already remarkable, filmography with Sweet Degeneration, his third film in two years. As with A Drifting Life and Murmur of Youth, Lin’s new film delicately unfolds, gradually building to a climax of stunning emotional reverberations. Drawn from a particularly painful episode in the director’s past, Sweet Degeneration delves into the uneasy bonds a brother and sister have with each other and the people around them.
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