Giddens Ko is one of Taiwan’s most prolific and popular
novelists. Now, he’s turning his creative  talents into box-
office gold.  In his directorial debut, “You Are the Apple of My
Eye,” Ching-teng (a star-making turn by newcomer Ko Chen-tung)
is an underachiever—a smart kid who would rather slack off with
his buddies than study. At school, he disrupts classes. At home,
he walks around stark naked (“Put some clothes on,” his mother
tells him in one scene).  The coming-of-age comedy, set in the
mid-1990s, cheerfully captures those late adolescent years when
youthful cockiness gives way painfully to adult
responsibilities. It follows Ching-teng through high school, his
university years and a tentative romance with an honor-student
classmate, leading to an unexpectedly poignant conclusion.  For
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