Dust in the Wind with Chinese, English, French and Russian subtitles
is a 1986 film by Taiwanese filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien. It is based on co-screenwriter Wu Nien-jen’s own experiences, and is the final part of Hou’s coming-of-age trilogy, with the others being A Summer at Grandpa’s (1984) and The Time to Live and the Time to Die (1985).
A-yuan and A-yun are both from the small mining town of Jio-fen. They move to Taipei, where A-yuan is an apprentice by day and goes to night school, and A-yun works as a helper at a tailors. Everyone thinks they are meant for each other, and so do they. They fail to see time and fate are beyond their control.
