72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Nie yinniang / The Assassin

Hou Hsiao-hsien
Taiwan      1 m.
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Hou Hsiao-Hsien won Best Director at the Cannes Festival with his latest work. China, 9th century. Nie Yinniang comes home after years in exile, now a trained vigilante. When her mistress orders her to kill her cousin, she will have to choose between the man she loves and her loyalty to the “order of the Assassins”.

Director
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Screenplay
Cheng Ah, Chu T'ien-wen, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Hsieh Hai-meng, Xing Pei
Production
Spot Films (Taiwan)
Hou Hsiao-hsien, Chin Yiqi, Peter Lam, Lin Kufn, Gou Tai-chiang, Tung Tzu-hsien
Central Motion Picture Corporation (Taiwan)
Sil Metropole Organization Ltd. (China)
Photography
Lee Ping Bin
Edition
Huang Chih-Chia
Music
Lim Giong
Cast
Qi Shu, Chen Chang, Satoshi Tsumabuki
Format
DCP FOLLOWING DCI
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Running Time
104 m.
Country
Taiwan
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