Her Lens Her Voice
Girl / Nǚhái
Shu Qi
Director's bio
Shu Qi
International star Shu Qi is an actress and director. She has won two Golden Horse Awards and three Hong Kong Film Awards among many other awards. She was a jury member of the 58th Berlin International Film Festival, the 62nd Cannes Film Festival and the 80th Venice International Film Festival. She was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2024. Shu Qi has collaborated with filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien on three films: Millennium Mambo, Three Times and The Assassin. She has also played leading roles in a number of art films and box office blockbusters, including Stephen Chow's Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons, Jiang Wen's Gone With the Bullets, Wuershan’s Mojin: The Lost Legend and Chen Yu- Hsun’s The Village of No Return. In 2025, Shu Qi starred in Bi Gan’s Resurrection, which won the special jury prize of the 78th Cannes Film Festival. Her directorial debut, Girl, is selected for Competition of 82nd Venice Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival (Centrepiece). Girl competed at Busan International Film Festival and won Shu Qi the Best Director award.
Synopsis
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 Hsiao-lee, a quiet and withdrawn girl, grows up in silent gloom.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.
Details of Cast
Roy Chiu ,9m88, Bai Xiao-Ying ,Audrey Lin, Lai Yu-Fei, Esther Liu ,Bamboo Chen, Liu Kuan-ting ,Peggy Tseng ,Hsieh chiung Hsuan,Liang Cheng chun,Huang Teng Hui
Details of Crew
Director, Screenplay: Shu Qi Producer: Yeh Jufeng DoP: Yu Jing-Pin Music: Lim Giong Editor: Lai Kwun-Tung Sound Design: Wu Shu-Yao ,Tu Duu-Chih
Producer Details
Yeh Jufeng
Writer Details
Shu Qi
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