San Sebastian premiere ‘A Journey in Spring’ takes on the nature of life, say debuting Taiwanese directors Tzu-Hui Peng and Ping-Wen Wang.
“I have a very close relationship with my family. They ground me. Losing them is my deepest fear, but it’s birth and death, come and go,” admits Wang.
Peng adds: “We can only learn how to cherish things after we experience regrets.”
Such melancholic takes echo their protagonist’s experience as well: an older man who lives with his wife somewhere in Taipei. When she passes away, he tries his best to ignore it – also by hiding her body in an old freezer. But when his estranged son finally returns home, with his new partner, Khim-Hok has to acknowledge her death.
Jason King, Kuei-Mei Yang, Wei-Hua Lan, Shu-Wei Chang, Chiasui Chen and Jack Kao act in the film, produced by Being Film and Art Co.
“I never...
“I have a very close relationship with my family. They ground me. Losing them is my deepest fear, but it’s birth and death, come and go,” admits Wang.
Peng adds: “We can only learn how to cherish things after we experience regrets.”
Such melancholic takes echo their protagonist’s experience as well: an older man who lives with his wife somewhere in Taipei. When she passes away, he tries his best to ignore it – also by hiding her body in an old freezer. But when his estranged son finally returns home, with his new partner, Khim-Hok has to acknowledge her death.
Jason King, Kuei-Mei Yang, Wei-Hua Lan, Shu-Wei Chang, Chiasui Chen and Jack Kao act in the film, produced by Being Film and Art Co.
“I never...
- 9/29/2023
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
The Sadness Review — The Sadness (2021) Film Review from the 74th Annual Locarno Film Festival, a movie directed by Rob Jabbaz, and starring Regina Lei, Berant Zhu, Ying-Ru Chen, Tzu-Chiang Wang, Lue-Keng Huang, Wei-Hua Lan, Raif Chu and Emerson Tsai. From Taiwan comes, perhaps, the most violent film ever made. It’s called The [...]
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- 8/13/2021
- Film-Book
The Sadness Review — The Sadness (2021) Film Review from the 74th Annual Locarno Film Festival, a movie directed by Rob Jabbaz, and starring Regina Lei, Berant Zhu, Ying-Ru Chen, Tzu-Chiang Wang, Lue-Keng Huang, Wei-Hua Lan, Raif Chu and Emerson Tsai. From Taiwan comes, perhaps, the most violent film ever made. It’s called The [...]
Continue reading: Film Review: The Sadness: Gore Filled Movie is Surprisingly Interesting Despite Too Much Violence [Locarno 2021]...
Continue reading: Film Review: The Sadness: Gore Filled Movie is Surprisingly Interesting Despite Too Much Violence [Locarno 2021]...
- 8/13/2021
- by Thomas Duffy
- Film-Book
Netflix is doubling down on Mandarin-language content after picking up Taiwanese horror drama Green Door.
The Svod service is launching the series on March 16 in more than 190 countries and has said that the acquisition adds to the “increasing diversity and breadth of content that Netflix has to offer.”
The series launched on Taiwan’s Public Television Service in February and airs in a weekly Saturday slot. It is adapted from Taiwanese author Joseph Chen’s novel of the same title and directed by Lingo Hsieh, known for her fantasy-horror movie The Bride, which she co-created with Takashige Ichise.
Green Door tells the story of Sung-Yen Wei, played by Jam Hsiao, a troubled psychologist who returns from the U.S. to set up his own practice in Taiwan, where mysterious patients and uncanny events shed light on his murky past.
The cast also includes Jam Hsiao, who makes his debut to lead in a drama series,...
The Svod service is launching the series on March 16 in more than 190 countries and has said that the acquisition adds to the “increasing diversity and breadth of content that Netflix has to offer.”
The series launched on Taiwan’s Public Television Service in February and airs in a weekly Saturday slot. It is adapted from Taiwanese author Joseph Chen’s novel of the same title and directed by Lingo Hsieh, known for her fantasy-horror movie The Bride, which she co-created with Takashige Ichise.
Green Door tells the story of Sung-Yen Wei, played by Jam Hsiao, a troubled psychologist who returns from the U.S. to set up his own practice in Taiwan, where mysterious patients and uncanny events shed light on his murky past.
The cast also includes Jam Hsiao, who makes his debut to lead in a drama series,...
- 3/15/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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