Heartbreak Island (1995)
Overview
In Taiwan, a young woman, Lin-Lang, is released from prison after serving ten years for terrorist activity. She had turned to bomb making in grief after her mentor and lover, An Rong, who was also her university professor, was arrested for political activity and, she presumed, executed. In prison, she learns Rong is alive, and she maintains her spirits and sanity for the years in her cell by holding imaginary conversations with him. When she is released, she discovers he is married, has a child, and lives conventionally. She finds him; he's not happy to see her. How she reacts to losing the center of her life becomes the subject of the film.
Cast
Vicky Wei
Chen Lin-Lang
King Jieh-wen
Wang Rong
Tsai Chen-nan
Jin Guang
Cheung Jing-Yue
An-An, Wang's Wife
Wen Ying
Wang's Mother
Chyi Chin
Cindy Mong
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