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24th(2022)



Wrath of Desire

Zero CHOU

  • Taiwan
  • 2020
  • Korean Premiere
  • 119min
  • DCP
  • color

Korean Premiere

SYNOPSIS

After Phoenix Du kills a thug who broke into her apartment, she comes before Jade Liu, broken by her brother's suicide and Catholic upbringing. Jade has a night of passion with her that redirects both of their lives.

PROGRAM NOTE

<i>Wrath of Desire</i> is fast and extreme, as if the series were condensed into two hours. In this place where not only smartphones but also regular phones are not available, people have to meet others when they want to communicate. In this place where violence and sex, desire and affection, are mixed, a line is repeated: ¡°The body never lies.¡± However, the body doesn¡¯t lie for ¡°what¡±? Sometimes the body lies about whether ¡°I¡± am female or male. Or is there any problem with the words <i>female</i> and <i>male</i>? Phoenix Du breaks down borders of Jade and Meng Ye breaks down borders of Phoenix Du. This film raises questions of how much the word <i>homosexual</i> includes sexual tendencies as ¡°homosexual¡± and whether it fully includes ¡°my¡± desires. At the same time, it helps to ponder the meaning of crossing borders in terms of ¡°body.¡± In the latter part of the movie, Meng Ye¡¯s Butoh dance reminds the audience of ghosts that cannot belong here or perhaps something that exists but also cannot exist because they cannot be described. The ghost might be used to painfully cry out and finally destroy the body it belonged to. [YU Eunjeong]

Director

  • Zero CHOUZero CHOU

    Famous for her aesthetic creativity and philosophical thinking, Chou has won numerous awards at domestic and international film festivals, including at the Golden Horse Awards and at the Berlinale Teddy Awards. 

Credit

  • ProducerLIU Yun-hou, Zero CHOU, Jay LIN
  • Cast Peace YANG, WENG Chia-wei, HSU Yu-ting, HUANG Shang-ho
  • Screenwriter Zero CHOU
  • Cinematography Hoho LIU
  • Art director LIN Chung-hsien
  • Editor Zero CHOU, Hoho LIU
  • Music Arny WU