Magnify, the International sales arm of Magnolia Pictures, has acquired global and U.S. sales rights to Taiwanese thriller “Pierce” from first-time feature filmmaker Nelicia Low. An official teaser has now been released for the title ahead of its sales launch at the upcoming Marche du Film in Cannes.
“Pierce” follows Jie, a young fencer reconnecting with his estranged older brother Han, who mysteriously returns after seven years in juvenile prison for killing an opponent during a fencing competition. Jie believes Han’s insistence that he is innocent and decides to help him, defying his mother’s efforts to erase Han from their lives. Han grows close to Jie in training him for the national championships, but his hostile past is triggered after an argument, leaving Jie to begin to question whether his beloved brother might be a violent sociopath after all.
The film stars Ding Ning (who won a...
“Pierce” follows Jie, a young fencer reconnecting with his estranged older brother Han, who mysteriously returns after seven years in juvenile prison for killing an opponent during a fencing competition. Jie believes Han’s insistence that he is innocent and decides to help him, defying his mother’s efforts to erase Han from their lives. Han grows close to Jie in training him for the national championships, but his hostile past is triggered after an argument, leaving Jie to begin to question whether his beloved brother might be a violent sociopath after all.
The film stars Ding Ning (who won a...
- 5/1/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
Social inequality might be considered “a tale as old as time”. No matter the century or year, its intricacies intrigue the creative industry, from literature to cinema. After all, equality still represents an unattainable goal. But to face such a topic, one should also be able to question their own sense of morality. And ‘Old Fox' by Hsiao Ya-chuan, winner of four Golden Horse Awards, is an evocative journey that challenges us to question our present by looking at the past.
Old Fox is screening at San Diego Asian Film Festival Spring Showcase
Set in the late 80s, the film tells the story of 11-year-old Liao Jie (Bai Run-yin) and his father Liao Tai-lai (Kuan Ting-Liu). Father and son live in poverty, as Tai-lai is only a waiter and the sole provider. While skimping on clothes, gas, and everything else needed, the father hopes to save enough money to...
Old Fox is screening at San Diego Asian Film Festival Spring Showcase
Set in the late 80s, the film tells the story of 11-year-old Liao Jie (Bai Run-yin) and his father Liao Tai-lai (Kuan Ting-Liu). Father and son live in poverty, as Tai-lai is only a waiter and the sole provider. While skimping on clothes, gas, and everything else needed, the father hopes to save enough money to...
- 4/21/2024
- by Federica Giampaolo
- AsianMoviePulse
Singer and actor Richie Ren is no stranger when it comes to Hong Kong cinema, as he is best known for his stand out performance in Johnnie To's “Breaking News” (2004) and later in “Trivisa” (2015). In “Fierce Cop”, a Mainland online film streaming on Youku video platform is his first venture into the martial arts genre.
Set in country M, somewhere in Southeast Asia, there lives Zhang Tu, a middle aged single parent with a young son, Xiao Jie, who is also a hard working detective. He always asks his boss for a promotion so he can be a better role model for his son who is everything to him. One day, his son comes back from school in pain and covered with bruises, obviously a victim of bullying at school. After finding out that a bunch of young adults are responsible, he sets out to teach them a lesson by beating them up.
Set in country M, somewhere in Southeast Asia, there lives Zhang Tu, a middle aged single parent with a young son, Xiao Jie, who is also a hard working detective. He always asks his boss for a promotion so he can be a better role model for his son who is everything to him. One day, his son comes back from school in pain and covered with bruises, obviously a victim of bullying at school. After finding out that a bunch of young adults are responsible, he sets out to teach them a lesson by beating them up.
- 3/27/2024
- by David Chew
- AsianMoviePulse
Inspired by actual news stories from Geylang, Singapore’s red light district, “Geylang” is a rather unusual for the country neo-noir gritty crime thriller, with Boi Kwong trying to move somewhere between the styles of Kim Jee-woon and Johnnie To.
Geylang is screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam
The story takes place within one night, on the eve of a parliamentary nomination day. Fatty, a pimp who also has to take care of his demented elderly father, is in trouble, since he owes money to the mob, and a goon soon knocks on his door, with his father deciding to act just at that moment, creating even more problems for his son. Shangri-La, a very beautiful sex worker and girlfriend to Jie, a cigarette-seller, finds herself abducted by a mysterious doctor who is trying to save his daughter. Celine, a woman’s welfare lawyer is also the wife of a political candidate,...
Geylang is screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam
The story takes place within one night, on the eve of a parliamentary nomination day. Fatty, a pimp who also has to take care of his demented elderly father, is in trouble, since he owes money to the mob, and a goon soon knocks on his door, with his father deciding to act just at that moment, creating even more problems for his son. Shangri-La, a very beautiful sex worker and girlfriend to Jie, a cigarette-seller, finds herself abducted by a mysterious doctor who is trying to save his daughter. Celine, a woman’s welfare lawyer is also the wife of a political candidate,...
- 2/2/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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