Taiwan | 2014 | Color | Drama | 107 min
DCP | Chinese | 24 fps | 2.39:1 | DOLBY 5.1
SYNOPSIS
22 years old Pai arrives in the small town of Taitung to pursue a music degree. For the first time in her life she is free from the fetters of her mother, and can pursue her dream of becoming a musician. There, she meets Mu-Hung a student who’s in love with her, but doesn’t know how to tell her. City girls are so complicated!
Meanwhile, her fascinating music teacher, Mr Lee, soon forces her into a pervert relationship.
FESTIVALS, selective list
- New Taipei City FF 2014, Opening film
- Busan IFF 2014, New Currents Competition
- Göteborg IFF 2014
- Hanoi IFF 2014
- Taipei Golden Horse FF 2014
- Singapore Chinese FF 2015
- LA Asian Pacific FF 2015
- Shanghai IFF 2015
- Vancouver Taiwanese FF 2015
- MIC Genero, Mexico, 2015
AWARDS
- Golden Horse Awards, 2014 (Nominated):
Best Supporting Actor: Leon DAI
Best Cinematography: Mark Lee Ping Bin
Best Original Film Song
- Shanghai IFF, 2015:
Best Actor at the Asian New Talents Awards
- Chinese Film (Ningbo·Cixi) Festival 2015
CCF Award : Outstanding Film
- Youth Film Handbook Award 2017
Best Achievement in Directing
CAST & CREDITS
Cast
Script
DoP
Editor
Sound
Music
Production Designer Producer
Co Producer
Associate Producers
Production
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Vivian HSU
KUO Tsai Chieh
Leon DAI
Alyssa CHIA
HSU Kun Hua
Mark LEE Ping Bin
MAN Chiming
TU Duu Chih
Annie LO
YANG Chuan Hsin
HSU Hsiao Ming
Isabelle GLACHANT
CHANG Chih Wei
QIU Min
LI Yuting
Leer CHENG
Coolie Films
Stellar Mega Films Ltd.
Ruby CHEN
QIN Hong
SHEN Hao
Charles HU
LIN Tien Kuei
21st Century Media Group
Taipei Postproduction Corp.
Arrow Cinematic Group
Asian Shadows
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PRESS REVIEWS
"An involving slice of adult drama that raises the bar for contemporary Taiwan cinema."
-- Derek ELLEY, Sino-Cinema