| Prince of Tears | |
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| Directed by | Yonfan |
| Produced by | Fruit Chan |
| Written by | Yonfan |
| Narrated by | Yonfan |
| Starring | Joseph Chang Chang Hsiao-chuan Oceane Zhu Wing Fan Terri Kwan Li Po-husan Tsai Pei-han Kenneth Tsang Jack Kao Chiao Chiao Lin Yo-wei |
| Music by | Yu Yat-yiu |
| Cinematography | Chin Ting-chang |
| Editing by | Derek Hui Kwong Chi-leung |
| Country | Taiwan |
| Language | Mandarin |
Prince of Tears (Chinese: 淚王子; pinyin: Lei wangzi) is a 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. [1]
The film was selected as the Hong Kong entry for the 82nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film in 2009.[2]
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16th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award
The film received generally negative reviews from the press.
Hong Kong film critic Perry Lam writes in Muse Magazine, 'Prince of Tears makes a strange movie-going experience for, despite all the pathos - two little girls lose their father, a loyal soldier loses his life and a happy family is torn apart - the story is aesthetically shaped and distanced by the pictoral verve of the director to be eye-pleasing at all times.'[3]