A Brighter Summer Day

'A Brighter Summer Day' is a Taiwanese coming-of-age film directed by Edward Yang. The movie is set in Taipei in the early 1960s and follows the story of a disaffected teenager named Xiao Si'r. Xiao Si'r gets caught up in gang violence and struggles to find his place in a changing society torn between tradition and modernization. The film explores themes of youth, identity, and the search for belonging amidst social upheaval.