Is Daughter of the Nile sad?

Yes, very. More sad than 98% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Daughter of the Nile end with hope?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Daughter of the Nile violent?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Daughter of the Nile scary?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Daughter of the Nile easy watching?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Daughter of the Nile

Name: Daughter of the Nile
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 1987
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Yang Lin, Jack Kao, Li Tian-Lu, Tsui Fu-Sheng, Hsin Shu-Fen

Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien

Produced by Scholar Films Company, Fu-Film

198791 min7.2 / 10

A melancholic portrait of a young woman struggling to hold her fractured family together amid urban poverty and the creeping pull of crime.

Lin Hsiao-yang tries to keep her family together while working as a waitress at Kentucky Fried Chicken and going to night school. With no mother and her father currently working out of town, it is up to Lin Hsiao-yang to take care of her younger siblings, who are slipping into a life of crime.

Clusters

The Bittersweet Cost of Living Overcoming Adversity Stories Slow Character Dramas About Loneliness Loyalty Under Pressure Poetic Storytelling

Genres

Drama Crime

Keywords

Lyrical

Questions people ask

Is Daughter of the Nile sad? Yes, very. More sad than 98% of films.
Does Daughter of the Nile end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is Daughter of the Nile violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is Daughter of the Nile scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is Daughter of the Nile easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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