Daughter of the Nile
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Lin Hsiao-yang tries to keep her family together while working as a waitress at Kentucky Fried Chicken and going to night school. With no mother and her father currently working out of town, it is up to Lin Hsiao-yang to take care of her younger siblings, who are slipping into a life of crime.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1987-08-22
Runtime: 91 mins
Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien
Writer: Chu Tien-Wen
Spoken language: 普通话
Genres: Drama, Crime
Original title: Daughter of the Nile
Production Companies: Scholar Films Company, Fu-Film, Chung Yi Film Production
Production Countries: Taiwan
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