Storyline
In the summer of 1979, during Taiwan’s martial law period, Bing-Kuan asks her college friend Shu-Lan to help out on her family’s banana plantation. As time goes by, the two girls secretly develop a romantic relationship, and decide to volunteer at the Formosa Magazine in order to promote democratic freedom of expression. Yet their youthful romance is threatened as the Kuomintang regime seeks to suppress dissident voices.
Cast & Crew
Chen Yuu
Juan
Lead
Daphne Low
Lan
Sean Sun
Siou
Yu-Ting Hsu
Siang
Akio Chen
Juan's Father
CP
Chang Pai-huei
Senior Juan
Weng Jia-wei
Syue
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Zero Chou's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Secrets of 1979 is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
