Nina Wu

Direction & Screenplay

Midi Z

fiction

Malaysia, Myanmar, Taiwan

2019

Language: Chinese (mandarin)

Subtitles: French

103 MIN

Festivals

Un Certain Regard au Festival de Cannes - 2019

Best Sound Effects Award - Taipei Golden Horse Awards - 2019

After toiling for years in bit-parts, aspiring actress Nina Wu finally gets her big break with a leading role in a spy thriller set in the 1960s. The part, which calls for nudity and explicit sex scenes, is made all the more challenging thanks to the director’s unending belittlements. While seemingly on the brink of professional triumph, Nina’s psychological resolve begins to crack under the pressure. As she rushes to her childhood home following a family emergency, Nina begins suffering paranoid fantasies that a mysterious woman is stalking and attacking her. As Nina clings to memories of happier times, it seems that there is one crucial memory that she is repressing…

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Midi Z

Direction & Screenplay

Midi Z was born in Myanmar and arrived in Taiwan at the age of sixteen. He studied Design and Arts before obtaining a master's degree from the National Taiwan University of Technology and Science. In 2006, his graduation film, Paloma Blanca, was invited to several international film festivals such as Busan and Gothenburg. In 2011, Return to Burma, his debut feature, was nominated for the Busan New Currents and Rotterdam Tiger Competitions. In 2014, Ice Poison won Best International Film at the Edinburgh Film Festival. In 2016, The Road to Mandalay won Best Feature Film FEDEORA Award at the Venice Film Festival. Midi's latest feature, Nina Wu, is selected for the Un Certain Regard at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.