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A Summer at Grandpa's

Original title: Dong dong de jiàqi
  • 1984
  • 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
1.6K
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A Summer at Grandpa's (1984)
Drama

A coming-of-age story about a young brother and sister who spend a pivotal summer in the country with their grandparents.A coming-of-age story about a young brother and sister who spend a pivotal summer in the country with their grandparents.A coming-of-age story about a young brother and sister who spend a pivotal summer in the country with their grandparents.

  • Director
    • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
  • Writers
    • T'ien-wen Chu
    • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
  • Stars
    • Chi-Kuang Wang
    • Shu-Chen Li
    • Hsiu-Ling Lin
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    7.6/10
    1.6K
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    • Director
      • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
    • Writers
      • T'ien-wen Chu
      • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
    • Stars
      • Chi-Kuang Wang
      • Shu-Chen Li
      • Hsiu-Ling Lin
    • 7User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 3 nominations

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    Chi-Kuang Wang
    • Tung-Tung
    Shu-Chen Li
    Shu-Chen Li
    • Ting-Ting
    Hsiu-Ling Lin
    Mei-Feng
    Nai-Chu Ting
    • Tung-Tung's mother
    Edward Yang
    Edward Yang
    Li-Yin Yang
    Li-Yin Yang
    Cheng-Kuo Yen
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    • A kid
    • Director
      • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
    • Writers
      • T'ien-wen Chu
      • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
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    • Trivia
      This film inspired Hayao Miyazaki's 'My Neighbour Totoro'.
    • Connections
      Followed by A Time to Live, a Time to Die (1985)

    User reviews7

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    8/10
    Quite a delightful little film
    When their mother is forced to stay in the hospital for a prolonged period of time, Ting-Ting (a four year old girl) and Tung-Tung (an eleven year old boy) are taken by their uncle to spend the summer with their grandfather, a doctor in a small, rural town. There are some cliches in the film. The strict, imposing grandfather who at first doesn't seem to like the kids (I saw this just last week in Ford's Wee Willie Winkie) and the crazy lady who later saves one of the children's lives come quickly to mind. A scene where Ting-Ting gives her stuffed animal to a recovering patient of her grandfather's made me cringe a bit. But other than that, it's a rather wonderful movie. The two children in particular are fantastic. When Tung-Tung first meets up with local children, they have a battle between his remote control car and another boy's pet turtle (probably not the best scene to watch if you're a member of PETA, however). In another scene, the boys race their turtles. And there are more. The uncle, kind of the black sheep of the family, has a good subplot, as well. Edward Yang, the director of Yi Yi, has a small role as the children's father. It's too bad this of all of Hou's movies is unavailable. I only liked Flowers of Shanghai better. 8/10.
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    • Release date
      • 1984 (Taiwan)
    • Country of origin
      • Taiwan
    • Languages
      • Hakka
      • Mandarin
      • Shanghainese
    • Also known as
      • Dong dong de jia ci
    • Filming locations
      • Taiwan
    • Production company
      • Central Motion Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 33 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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