Daphne Low and Yuu Chen give great performances as two characters thrown into emotional as well as social conflicts, having to decide between their private happiness and their freedom with life-changing repercussions. Perhaps the most convincing aspect of “Secrets of 1979” is the romance between the two protagonists. At the same time, this limits the movie in some ways, as the historical and political tones become a mere framework for a romantic melodrama. The scenes showing demonstrations and arrests are linked to the more intimate scenes between the two protagonists, highlighting how their private happiness may be only temporary, while it also has to remain a secret before the eyes of society. Framed by the memories of an older Bing Kuan looking back on her life and those decisive years, the individual narrative becomes a collective, or more precisely a generational one about the conflict of change and tradition. Similar to many other movies of the past, Zero Chou tells the story of a LGBTQ-relationship as a mirror of the changing times in Taiwanese history.
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