Drifting Flowers
2008 1h 37m movie Film Taiwan

Drifting Flowers

漂浪青春

Synopsis

漂浪青春

Three poetic tales of seeking the true identity. In the first story, Jing, a blind singer, falls in love with her band's tomboy accordionist Diego. In another time and place, Lily, an elderly lesbian and Yen, her gay friend, create an unexpected bond and support each other in a time of crisis. Finally, we see Diego before she joined the band, when as a teenager she came to grips with her gender identity.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Drifting Flowers. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Drama + Romance in Taiwan

26 Taiwan titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Romance genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Drifting Flowers itself).

The 2007–2009 Taiwan Window

In the crowded 2007-2009 Taiwan release window, Drifting Flowers sits at #14 of 16. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.

  1. Hear Me
    #1

    Hear Me

    ★ 7.2 · 2009
  2. Parking
    #2

    Parking

    ★ 6.9 · 2008
  3. Orz Boyz
    #3

    Orz Boyz

    ★ 6.9 · 2008
  4. Fated to Love You
    #4

    Fated to Love You

    ★ 6.8 · 2008
  5. Autumn's Concerto
    #5

    Autumn's Concerto

    ★ 6.6 · 2009
  6. Cape No. 7
    #6

    Cape No. 7

    ★ 6.5 · 2008
  7. The Drummer
    #7

    The Drummer

    ★ 6.4 · 2007
  8. Taking Woodstock
    #8

    Taking Woodstock

    ★ 6.2 · 2009

The 2000s Taiwan Landscape

2008 was the decade’s peak output year for Taiwan — 6 titles released, including Drifting Flowers. Bars below show how the 2000s stacked up year by year (31 total).

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 5 other Taiwan films in 2008.

The 63rd Taiwan title from Taiwan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1972).

Our Taiwan catalog contains 174 titles in total (149 films).

Audience Engagement

19
Reviews
49th
Review-volume percentile
18th
Popularity percentile

19 audience reviews — more than 49% of Taiwan films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 18th percentile among Taiwan films.

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on Drifting Flowers, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • illness · 5
  • identity · 3
  • gender · 2
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • girls love · 24
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • woman director · 246
  • lgbt · 73

Reception Benchmarks

5.5
TMDB Rating
19
Audience Reviews
Mixed
Critical Tier

Ranked #153 of 174 Taiwan films indexed here (12th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -1.1 points below the Taiwan average of 6.6/10.

Among Taiwan Drama productions specifically: #110 of 118 (top 93%).

Production Details

Primary CountryTaiwan
Original LanguageChinese
Production Companies3rd Vision Films
Runtime1h 37m
Release DateFebruary 10, 2008
IMDbtt1161444