Movies: Daphne Jen

This spectacularly eccentric satire by Su Hui-Yu draws on 1970s Taiwanese TV culture and has a roller-skating Hitler dance with Stalin and Mao do the same with Chiang Kai-shek. A revue show of dictators in cahoots with the entertainment industry....

After returning to Taiwan for the New Year, Pu Nien's life is turned upside down when her mother, Yu Ling, falls seriously ill, revealing long-hidden secrets. As Pu Nien grapples with her mother's condition, she also faces challenges in her own perso...

Passionate actors, Li and Nini, meet on set and bond over their devotion to acting. As they navigate unexpected challenges, they must confront whether their love for acting can make them shine....

Every summer, Hsuan, Yei, and Chi jump into the pool together.Yei is always faster than Hsuan, but Hsuan doesn’t care about winning or losing.All she wants is to stay with Chi, slowly, naturally, till they reach Taipei....

Lin and Xu lived together in a rooftop addition in Taipei, supporting each other's dreams along the way. Now, Xu has decided to move out of the rooftop addition, while Lin chooses to stay in Taipei and continue pursuing her dreams. The red sofa left ...

Min was in a car accident with her mother. Whene waiting for the results of her mother's surgery, her brother behaved weirdly. The horrible plague doctor and the symptoms of the Black Death appear in her mind. All kinds of events seem to remind Min t...

Wang Yu Ching and Jung Hsuan are two young girls who are exploring what it means to face their desires amidst the backdrop of school. Their hopes and dreams are woven into a playful and fantastical narrative as they learn what it means to grow up....

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Yen, who’s just got out of a relationship, is about to enter a new chapter of life. Yet with the reappearance of Chieh, he realizes that loneliness may have never left at all....

Little blue pieces of fluff fall off from a fuzzy sweater. A girl cannot get rid of them, they’re spreading across her body like an epidemic. Metaphorical story from the age of Covid....

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A film producer, an assassin, and a patriot. These aren’t three characters in this film but three ways of describing Wu Dun, a member of the United Bamboo Gang who murdered the Taiwanese-American writer Henry Liu and became a producer of wuxia films....

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