Brighter Summer Day Blu-ray Biographical/Historical Drama A rebellious working class teenager

A rebellious working class teenager goes to borstal after an act of petty theft where his talent for cross country running is discovered

An absurdist plot

profoundly humanist anti-war film which follows two French aviators/prisoners of war (Jean Gabin & Pierre Fresnay) - they repeatedly escape only to be recaptured

darkly comic neo-noir

Told with great wit and flair - perhaps Hitchcock's most purely entertaining film

Brighter Summer Day Blu-ray Biographical/Historical Drama A rebellious working class teenager'A Brighter Summer Day' Director: Edward Yang (1991) Criterion Collection 2 disc Blu ray 4K restoration Mandarin and Taiwanese w English subtitles Extras include 113 minute documentary on Taiwanese cinema, commentary, essay and more. An intimate and tragic epic (almost 4 hours) set in a world of teenage deliquency, rock 'n' roll and political turmoil in early sixties Taiwan.