Pheiphei comes from the countryside. She’s quite good looking, but apparently she didn’t think so herself. She went to the big city of Taipei for plastic surgery on her eyes, as many Asian women do. After the operation, she roams through the urban jungle. With those huge sunglasses on, you could think all kinds of things about her.
Also in this combined programme
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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. -
My Superpower Girl
Exuberant collage of everything that is pop and camp in Taiwan. With Julie, who really is a superpower girl, but her parents won’t let her… -
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
- 2009
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2009
- Length
- 17'
- Medium/Format
- Betacam Digi PAL
