Portrait of a Fanatic (苦戀) 41 years old

In 1949 when the Communist regime was established in China, the world-famed painter Ling Chen-kuang, believing his conviction for a new-born society had come true on his motherland, returned anxiously from the U.S., whither he had fled apprehension by lawmen when cracking down on rebellious activities he had actively engaged in out of cynicism and hostility – the feelings evolved from constant haunting by the memories of his childhood miserableness – to the then existing institutions in China. Alas, to his disillusion, the land he had so deeply loved, the society of which he had expected so much, should have turned out to be the hell on earth. Why? The enigma kept obsessing and puzzling him even to his dying moment.

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Portrait of a Fanatic Cast

Name	Character
Hui Lou Chen He was 53, now 95 years old
Han Hsieh

Portrait of a Fanatic Crew

Name	Department
Mark Lee Ping-Bing as Director of Photography. He was 28 (now 69) years old	Camera
Wu Nien-jen as Story. He was 30 (now 72) years old	Writing
Hsiao Yeh as Screenplay. He was 30 (now 72) years old	Writing
Mou Shan Huang as Music.	Sound