‘A Foggy Tale’ grounded and humanBy Chen Hsueh-chiang 陳學獎Last year’s film A Foggy Tale (大濛) is an ode to years past, capturing the anguish of 1950s Taiwan. The narrative stays human and grounded, capturing not the heights of the raging political storm, but the texture of life of those who are caught in its floods. A Foggy Tale captures not just the form and feeling of Taiwan under martial law, but, through the subtleties of language and accent, brings out the diversity of society and cultural identities under latent power structures. In that era of generational change and political upheaval, language was linked to boundary lines of power. Perhaps the most painful thing about A Foggy Tale is that it captures a piece of how the Taiwanese have been forced to face a recurring displacement of identity and spiritual uprooting.

Source: Taipei Times January 24, 2026 16:02 UTC