Dust in the Wind (film)

Dust in the Wind
Theatrical release poster
Chinese	戀戀風塵
Mandarin	Liàn liàn fēngchén
Literally	Love dust
Directed by	Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Written by	Chu Tien-wen Wu Nien-jen
Starring	Wang Chien-wen Xin Shufen Li Tian-lu
Music by	Chen Ming-Chang
Cinematography	Mark Lee Ping-Bin
Distributed by	Central Motion Pictures Corporation
Release date	1986
Running time	109 minutes
Country	Taiwan
Language	Taiwanese

Dust in the Wind is a 1986 critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful movie by Taiwanese filmmaker Hou Hsiao-Hsien.

This film is based on co-screenwriter Wu Nien-jen's own experiences, and the final part of Hou's coming-of-age trilogy, the others being A Summer at Grandpa's (1984) and The Time to Live and the Time to Die (1985).

A love story about a young couple from a village in the northern-east part of Taiwan. The boy, Ah-yuan goes to Taipei to work after graduating from junior high school so he can earn money to send home. The girl, Ah-yun follows him the next year and they work hard to earn enough money to marry. Then Ah-yuan must spend three years in the military and the girl marries someone else. Although Ah-yuan regrets what happened he does not blame Ah-yun.

The film features Li Tian-lu in the role of the grandfather. Li became a central part of Hou's major films.

Of four reviews for Dust in the Wind counted by Rotten Tomatoes, all were favorable.