Su was referring to Lin's positive attitude despite a personal history of struggle.
Lin was born into a farming family in eastern Taiwan. With only a junior high education, he turned from baking to cinema after attending a directing and scriptwriting workshop in 1986. He soon started to make documentaries.
In 1996, his first feature film, A Drifting Life, won him a silver medal in the Young Cinema Competition at the Tokyo International Film Festival.
His second film, Murmur of Youth, was screened at the Director's Week at the Cannes International Film Festival.
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