Prince of Tears

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2009 Taiwanese film

Prince of Tears

Directed by| Yonfan
Written by| Yonfan
Produced by| Fruit Chan
Starring| Fan Zhiwei
Océane Zhu
Joseph Chang
Terri Kwan
Li Po-husan
Tsai Pei-han
Kenneth Tsang
Narrated by| Yonfan
Cinematography| Chin Ting-chang
Edited by| Derek Hui
Kwong Chi-leung
Music by| Yu Yat-yiu

Release date

* 2009 (2009)

Country| Taiwan
Language| Mandarin

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.[1]

The film was selected as the Hong Kong entry for the 82nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film in 2009.[2]

## Cast

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* Fan Zhiwei as Ding keqiang (丁克強)
* Océane Zhu as Jin Wanping (金皖平)
* Joseph Chang as Sun Hansheng (孫漢生)
* Terri Kwan as Ouyang Qianjun (歐陽千君)
* Kenneth Tsang as General Liu (劉將軍)
* Li Po-husan
* Tsai Pei-han
* Jack Kao
* Chiao Chiao
* Lin Yo-wei

## Reception

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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 pictorial verve of the director to be eye-pleasing at all times."[3]

## See also

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* List of Hong Kong submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

## References

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1. ^ "Prince of Tears" Recalls White Terror
2. ^ Hollywood Reporter Hong Kong, Taiwan make Oscar picks 8 September 2009. Retrieved 2011-10-15
3. ^ Lam, Perry (October 2009). "Hollow man and useless beauty". Muse Magazine (33): 98.

## External links

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* Prince of Tears at IMDb
* Prince of Tears (Lei wangzi) at Rotten Tomatoes
* REDEFINE magazine - Prince of Tears Film Review

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Films directed by Yonfan

* In Between (Lonely Hearts Club segment, 1994)
* Bugis Street (1995)
* Bishonen (1998)
* Peony Pavilion (2001)
* Colour Blossoms (2004)
* Prince of Tears (2009)
* No.7 Cherry Lane (2019)

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Hong Kong submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

1959–2000|

* For Better, for Worse (1959)
* The Enchanting Shadow (1960)
* The Love Eterne (1963)
* Between Tears and Laughter (1964)
* Come Drink with Me (1966)
* The Arch (1969)
* The Last Tempest 1976)
* Raining in the Mountain (1979)
* Homecoming (1984)
* Painted Faces (1989)
* Eight Taels of Gold (1990)
* Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
* Farewell My Concubine (1993)
* The Day the Sun Turned Cold (1994)
* Summer Snow (1995)
* Hu-Du-Men (1996)
* Made in Hong Kong (1998)
* Ordinary Heroes (1999)
* In the Mood for Love (2000)

2001–present|

* Fulltime Killer (2001)
* The Touch (2002)
* Infernal Affairs (2003)
* Running on Karma (2004)
* Perhaps Love (2005)
* The Banquet (2006)
* Exiled (2007)
* Painted Skin (2008)
* Prince of Tears (2009)
* Echoes of the Rainbow (2010)
* A Simple Life (2011)
* Life Without Principle (2012)
* The Grandmaster (2013)
* The Golden Era (2014)
* To the Fore (2015)
* Port of Call (2016)
* Mad World (2017)
* Operation Red Sea (2018)
* The White Storm 2: Drug Lords (2019)
* Better Days (2020)
* Zero to Hero (2021)
* Where the Wind Blows (2022)
* A Light Never Goes Out (2023)
* Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In (2024)

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