Sweet Degeneration

Sweet Degeneration 1997 Directed by Lin Cheng-sheng 放浪

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.

Country Taiwan

Production Country Taiwan

Language Mandarin

Spoken Language Mandarin

Gnere Drama

Release Date 1 January 1997

118 mins