I Didn't Dare Tell You (Tun-Fei Mou, Taiwan, 1969)

https://notesonfilm1.com/2022/01/24/i-didnt-dare-tell-you-tun-fei-mou-taiwan-1969/ The Harvard Film Archive and the Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute are currently making available two films by Tun-Fei Mou. This is a discussion of I Didn't Dare Tell You, a modernist melodrama about a young boy seeking a way of paying for an education that his father can't quite provide. We detect influences of Italian Neo-Realism and the French New Wave, admire its compositions, its look, it's narrative drive and an extraordinary central performance by the child. I Didn't Dare Tell You is a film to discover and talk about.