Peony Birds (Huang Yu-Shan, 1990), Taiwan Film Festival Edinburgh

https://notesonfilm1.com/2021/11/02/peony-birds-huang-yu-shan-1990/ A discussion of Peony Birds, part of a strand of films by women directors or films focussing on women that is a most welcome additions to the Taiwan Film Festival in Edinburgh. It is also a slight historical corrective to what may be seen as the 'all-boys' account of New Taiwanese Cinema from the 1980s and 1990s. In the podcast we discuss, how Peony Birds an inter-generational film focussing on mother-daughter relationships that deal with themes of love, money, class as well as differing perspectives on similar actions. Richard and José are divided on the film itself, with Richard perhaps more persuasive on the film's virtues.