Spider Lilies (film)
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| Directed by | Zero Chou |
| Produced by | Lin Yun-hou |
| Written by | Zero Chou |
| Starring | Rainie Yang Isabella Leong Shen Jian-hung Kris Shie Shih Yuen-chien |
| Music by | Hwang Chien-hsun Chang Chien-yu |
| Cinematography | Hoho Liu |
| Editing by | Hsiao Ju-kuan |
| Distributed by | Central Motion Pictures Corporation |
| Release date(s) |  March 30, 2007 April 12, 2007 June 14, 2007 May 6, 2008 |
| Running time | 94 mins. |
| Country | Taiwan |
| Language | Mandarin |
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Spider Lilies (Chinese=刺青; pinyin= Cì Qīng; literally "Tattoo") is a Taiwanese lesbian drama film, released in 2007. It is the second feature-length film by director Zero Chou, and stars Rainie Yang and Isabella Leong in the lead roles. Spider Lilies was screened at the 2007 Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Teddy Award for best feature film.[1] It will be released in the United States by Wolfe Video on May 6, 2008.[2]
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[edit] Plot summary
Jade is a webcam girl, who broadcasts herself nightly on the internet to anonymous users. She seeks a tattoo, which leads her to the studio of tattoo artist Takeko, who also happens to be Jade's childhood crush. Jade becomes entranced by a large tattoo of golden flowers—spider lilies—on Takeko's arm. She wants the same design, but Takeko refuses, telling her that the flowers are cursed.
Takeko's father, who was killed in an earthquake, had the same tattoo on his arm. Her younger brother witnessed the incident and was traumatised by it, left with no memory except for the image of the flowers. Takeko decided to get the same tattoo, in the hope that it would help her brother's recovery.
Nevertheless, Takeko finds herself drawn to Jade, and begins designing a new tattoo for her.
Meanwhile, a young police officer trying to ambush Jade and the rest of the girls working in the same website, but takes to speaking to her, listening to her childhood stories and connecting with her, therefore slowing down the investigation he is supposed to be working on. Eventually he falls in love with her, trying to tell her to get out before it's too late and before she's caught. He blurts out that he loves her, and Jade, mistaking him for Takeko, goes to her.
They make love and this causes Takeko to become distracted from her brother. Desperate and frightened, he goes out to a road looking for her, but instead he gets in a car accident.
The policeman finally tells Jade who he is and that she must get offline immediately. She cries and realizes it was not Takeko who had told her she loved her.
[edit] Cast
- Rainie Yang ... Jade
- Isabella Leong ... Takeko
- Shen Jian-hung
- Kris Shie
- Shih Yuen-chien
[edit] References
- ^ Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop, "In Taiwan, 'Spider Lilies' fuels a small gay renaissance", International Herald Tribune, June 7, 2007. Retrieved on July 5, 2007.
- ^ Wolfe Video - Buy Spider Lilies from Wolfe Video. Wolfe Video. Retrieved on 2008-04-22.
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