Sweet Degeneration

With a singular voice that distinguishes him from his New Taiwan Cinema contemporaries Lin Chengsheng adds to his brief but already remarkable filmography with Sweet Degeneration his third film in two years As with A Drifting Life and Murmur of Youth Lins new film delicately unfolds gradually building to a climax of stunning emotional reverberations Drawn from a particularly painful episode in the directors past Sweet Degeneration delves into the uneasy bonds a brother and sister have with each other and the people around them