Infectiously made collage of music, dance and what was once fashion. Pop ages quickly, and some pop has a tendency to get even nicer as it ages. The maker of this energetic film has a good feeling for this.
Jolie is a nice and clever girl with a strange handicap: she has supernatural powers. Her parents want her to keep this strange gift secret. That may be very wise of them, but supernatural powers do not allow themselves to be reined in. As a child, her exceptional power already got her into trouble and that never really stopped. Apparently she lives the life that any attractive woman would want to live, until a certain event changes everything.
Also in this combined programme
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Passing Eyes
At first it just looks funny. Droll girl with large sunglasses in huge Taipei. But there’s an undertone. Undertones aren’t cheerful. -
Herstory
You can describe a film as smoothly cut, but that is an understatement in this case. Talking freely about sex, you could also say. That… -
Intoxicant
Imaginative political satire. Whether the source of the satire can be followed so far from Taiwan remains to be seen, but it’s stunning. -
Viva Taiwan Moooooovie
Taiwanese film gangsters used to the most dangerous crooks in cinema. But they have disappeared from film. That has to change.
Film details
- Country of production
- Taiwan
- Year
- 2007
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2009
- Length
- 35'
- Medium/Format
- Betacam Digi NTSC
