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2015 | Color | 104:00

Ninth-century China. 10-year-old general’s daughter Nie Yinniang is abducted by a nun who initiates her into the martial arts, transforming her into an authentic avenger charged with eliminating tyrants. After 13 years of exile, she returns with orders to kill a cousin, her betrothed. Nie Yinniang must choose: sacrifice the man she loves or break forever with the order of assassins.


Country: Francia, Hong Kong, China, Taiwán
Direction: Hsiao-hsien; Hou
Script: Hsiao-hsien; Hou, Tien-Wen; Chu
Production: Tzu-Hsien; Tung, Tai-Chiang; Gou, Kufn; Lin, Peter; Lam, Hsiao-Hsien; Hou, Yiqi; Chen
Photography: Ping Bing; Mark Lee
Sound: Duu-chih; Tu
Music: Giong; Lim
Cast:Yun; Zhou, Satoshi; Tsumabuki, Ching-tian; Juan, Hsin-ying; Hsieh, Fang-yi; Sheu, Shu; Qi, Chen; Chang
Art direction: Wern-Ying; Hwarng
Participation year at FICM: 2015

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