Taiwan-based Andrews Movie has picked up worldwide gross sales rights to drama movie “Daughter’s Daughter” forward of its premiere within the Platform part of the Toronto International Film Festival.
Directed by Huang Xi (“Lacking Johnny”), the movie has an impeccable pedigree flowing from its govt producers Hou Hsiao-hsien and Sylvia Chang. Taiwan business icon, Chang additionally stars within the image, alongside Karena Lam and Eugenie Liu (“Previous Fox”).
The movie chronicles the journey and the alternatives made by a 60-year-old girl whose daughter dies in an accident. The older girl discovers that she is answerable for her useless daughter’s IVF embryo and decides to confront the opposite daughter she had as an adolescent. Whereas previous regrets and future duties collide, the movie additionally probes the complexities of replica among the many LGBT neighborhood.
The movie is produced by Solar Lok Productions and obtained undertaking funding from TAICCA on behalf of Nationwide Growth Fund. Andrews has secured the primary sale, to Hong Kong’s Edko Movie forward of the movie’s Toronto world premiere.
Different credit go to supporting solid Alannah Ong, Winston Chow and Tracy Chou. The producers are Shao Dongxu and Lu Hsin-li. Yao Hung-I used to be cinematographer. Sound credit go to Agnes Liu and Chu Shih-yi; music to Kay Huang, Liang Angu and Mukio Chang, movie enhancing Liao Ching-Sung and Jerry Kao with manufacturing designer by Hwarng Wern-ying and costume designer by Shirley Kao.
Director Huang has labored carefully with Hou since Hou’s 1996 movie “Goodbye South, Goodbye.” Huang’s personal work focuses on up to date city relations, loneliness and likelihood. “Lacking Johnny,” his 2017 debut as a solo director, was chosen for Busan, Tokyo FILMeX, HK Asian FF and gained awards at each the Taipei competition and the Golden Horse Awards. “Twisted Strings,” his 2022 TV sequence for HBO, additionally featured Sylvia Chang. It dissected the humor and absurdity behind dying and need.
Taiwan legalized homosexual marriage in 2019, making it one of many first jurisdictions in Asia to take action. However issues don’t cease there.
“All through Taiwan’s journey in direction of legalizing same-sex marriage, numerous tales unfolded. But on this course of, we see points extending past marriage, that are much more complicated and controversial. IVF is one among them, and such replica subject applies to a bigger inhabitants than you’d count on, not solely confined to LGBT neighborhood,” stated Hwang. “I wished to inform a narrative referring to this contemporary subject, from the angle of a mom, or a girl, or of humanity itself.”
Watch the trailer for “Daughter’s Daughter” right here.
