Daughter of the Nile (1987)

Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien

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.

Cast

Yang Lin

Lin Hsiao-Yang

Jack Kao

Lin Hsiao-Fang

Li Tian-Lu

Grandfather

Tsui Fu-Sheng

Hsiao-Yang's Father

Hsin Shu-Fen

Hsiao-Fen

Grace Chen Shu-Fang

Wu Nien-jen

Tutor

Lin Ju

Yu An-Shun

Hsiao-Yang's Classmate

Sit Chi-Jing