Sweet Degeneration

With a singular voice that distinguishes him from his New Taiwan Cinema contemporaries, Lin Cheng-sheng adds to his brief, but already remarkable, filmography with Sweet Degeneration, his third film in two years. As with A Drifting Life and Murmur of Youth, Lin’s new film delicately unfolds, gradually building to a climax of stunning emotional reverberations. Drawn from a particularly painful episode in the director’s past, Sweet Degeneration delves into the uneasy bonds a brother and sister have with each other and the people around them.

• Lin Cheng-shengDirector
• Lin Cheng-shengWriter

• Lee Kang-shengChun-sheng
• Chen Shiang-ChyiJu-feng
• Jing TsengCast
• Chih-long LinAh-ching
• Shih-huang ChenFather
• Leon DaiAh-hai
• Li-jung LuProstitute
• Chao-yin HsiaoHsiao-lien
• Tze-min HsiaoMei-li's friend
• Lee Sun-fungMotel chef