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Prince of Tears is a taiwanais film of genre Drama directed by Yonfan with Océane Zhu

Prince of Tears (2009)

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OriginTaiwan
Genres Drama
Rating65% 3.277273.277273.277273.277273.27727

Prince of Tears (Chinese: 淚王子; pinyin: Lei wangzi) is a 2009 Taiwanese historical drama film by Yonfan. It was nominated for the Golden Lion at the 66th Venice International Film Festival. It tells the story of a family embroiled in the tragic "White Terror" suppression of political dissidents that was wrought during the 1950s by the Kuomintang government (KMT) after their acquisition of Taiwan in the 1940s.

The film was selected as the Hong Kong entry for the 82nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film in 2009.

Actors

Océane Zhu

(Jin Wanping (金皖平))
Lisa Chiao Chiao

(Female Interoggator)
Kenneth Tsang Wing Kong

(General Liu (劉將軍))
Jack Kao
Yonfan

(Narrator (voice))
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