THE DULL-ICE FLOWER (RESTORATION)

A timeless classic cherished by generations, hailed as Taiwan’s No. 1 film.

Selected for Cannes Classics at the 2026 Festival de Cannes, this landmark film is set in 1960s rural Taiwan, where a young art teacher is transferred from the city to a picturesque yet socially divided town. There, he discovers a rebellious student with extraordinary artistic talent. Although the boy ranks last in class and faces institutional prejudice due to his impoverished background, his instinctive command of colour and vivid imagination reveal a rare genius. Widely celebrated across the Mandarin-speaking world, the film offers a searing portrait of educational inequality, capturing the fragile brilliance of a gifted child whose talent is misunderstood and suppressed by the very system meant to nurture him.