Taiwan, 1988. Hsiao-lee, a quiet and withdrawn girl, grows up in silent gloom. Her encounter with Li-li, vibrant and carefree, reawakens long-buried dreams. But just as she begins to open up to the world, her mother Chuan’s past resurfaces, echoing her own pain. Caught between inherited sorrow and a longing for freedom, Hsiao-lee must navigate the shadows of a life she never chose.
Shu Qi
Taiwanese actress and director born in 1976 in Xindian (Taipei). Five years after beginning her acting career, she rose to international fame in 2001 with Hou Hsiao-Hsien's 'Millennium Mambo', and later collaborated with him again on other films such as 'Three Times' (2005) and 'The Assassin' (2015), all of which were selected for competition at the Cannes Film Festival, where the filmmaker won the Best Director award for the latter. Throughout her extensive career, she has worked with other filmmakers such as Ann Hui ('Visible Secret'), Fatih Akin ('New York, I Love You') and, this year, Bi Gan ('Resurrection'), and on Hollywood productions such as 'Transporter' (2002). She has been nominated ten times for the Golden Horse Awards, winning two of them. ‘Girl’ (2025), her directorial debut, had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival.
DIRECTOR
Shu Qi
SCREENPLAY
Shu Qi
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Yu Jing-Pin
EDITOR
William Chang Suk-Ping, Lai Kwun-Tung
SOUND
Wu Shu-Yao, Tu Duu-Chih, Tang Hsiang-Chu
MUSIC
Lim Giong
PRODUCTION
Yeh Jufeng, Qin Hong
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Mandarin Vision
CAST
Roy Chiu, 9m88, Xiao-Ying Bai, Audrey Lin, Lai Yu Fei, Esther Liu, Bamboo Chen, Liu Kuan-Ting
RUNNING TIME
124 min.
TYPE
Largometraje
FORMAT
Color
YEAR OF PRODUCTION
2025
VERSION
V.O. Taiwanese and Chinese with English and Spanish subtitles.
COUNTRY
Taiwan
CONTACT
Goodfellas
Screenings
V.O. Taiwanese and Chinese with English and Spanish subtitles.
