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In this film, a man lights candles and listens to the Jewel Voice Broadcast as his wife goes into labor in the next room. (15[2])When a group of political rebels seize a train in this film, they harass a deaf man about his origins until he manages to stammer out an answer. In an iconic shot from this film, that deaf photographer takes a picture of himself, his wife, (-5[1])and their infant son sitting in front of a background of a window and fireplace. (-5[1])This film’s allusions to the (*) February 28th incident were widely credited with facilitating further discussion of the history of its home country, from which this 1989 film was the first to win the Golden Lion. For 10 points, name this major work of Taiwanese slow cinema chronicling three brothers’ fortunes outside Taipei during the White Terror, directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien. ■END■

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