Spider Lilies ( Chinese к п , pinyin : Cì Qīng , pall .: Tsy Qing , lit. “Tattoo”) is a 2007 Taiwanese melodrama directed by Zero Zhou . The film is based on the Taiwan earthquake of September 21, 1999, when many people lost their families. The film won the 2007 Teddy Prize of the Berlin Film Festival .
| Spider lilies | |
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| 刺青 Spider lilies | |
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| Genre | Melodrama |
| Producer | Zero Zhou Meiling |
| Producer | Isaac Lee Zhiqiang |
| Author script | Chen Xinxuan |
| In the main cast | Rainey Yang Isabella Liang |
| Operator | Hoho Liu Yunhou |
| Composer | Chang Qianyu Huang Jianxun |
| Film company | 3rd vision vision |
| Duration | 94 min |
| Budget | 000 million NT $ |
| A country |  Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| Tongue | Chinese |
| Year | 2007 |
| IMDb | ID 0891457 |
Story
Jade ( Rainey Yang ) works on an erotic website as a web model . She wants to get a tattoo and comes to Takeko's studio ( Isabella Liang ), with whom they are familiar: since childhood, they knew each other. Jade wants to get a spider lily tattoo, the same as Takeko, but she says these flowers are cursed and bring misfortune.
Father Takeko, who died during the earthquake, had a tattoo with spider lilies on his arm. The younger brother Takeko ( John Shen ) witnessed the death of his father, and this became a psychological trauma for him. He lost his memory, and the only memory that he had left was a tattoo on his father's arm sticking out from the wreckage. Takeko made the same tattoo, in the hope that it would help her brother regain her memory.
Takeko is fascinated by Jade. She wants to come up with a new tattoo for her. An affair begins between the girls, they spend the night together. Brother Takeko, left unattended, wanders the streets. He stumbles upon spider lilies growing on a cliff, and his memory returns. But then he gets hit by a car. He is brought to the hospital in a coma.
Takeko, feeling guilty for what happened, sends Jade a message that they will not see each other again. She believes that the reason for everything is her tattoo of damned spider lilies. Jade, who is working in front of the webcam at this time, receives a message from her friend and becomes hysterical. But Brother Takeko comes to his senses. His memory returned, and he will live. Takeko realizes that the curse is gone. She sends Jade a new message, where she apologizes and says that she is waiting for Jade in her salon, where she will get a tattoo.
Cast
| Cast | Character | |
|---|---|---|
| Rainey Yang | Jade | |
| Isabella Liang Loshi (Lung Loxy) | Takeko | |
| John Shen Jianhong | A-Qing (Takeko brother) | |
| Jai Shi Yuanjie | A-dun | |
| Ivy Chen | Takeko's first love |
Rewards
The film received the following awards [1] :
| Awards | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Festival / Prize | Year | Reward | Category | Winner |
| Berlin Film Festival | 2007 | "Teddy" | Best feature film | Zero Zhou |
See also
- Candy Rain is a 2002 Taiwanese lesbian film.
- Butterfly is a 2004 Chinese film about the love of two women.
- Saving Face is a 2004 American film about the lesbian love of two girls from the Chinese diaspora in New York .
- Lesbian relations in the cinema
Notes
- ↑ Awards for Ci qing on the Internet Movie Database Date of treatment November 6, 2009. Archived April 10, 2012. (eng.)
Links
- " Spider Lilies ” on the Internet Movie Database
- Spider Lilies on allmovie
- Spider Lilies on Rotten Tomatoes