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9th century China: the 10-year old girl Nie Yinniang is given into the care of a nun, who spends the following years training her to be a deadly assassin specializing in murdering corrupt politicians, who threaten the influence of the ruling Tang dynasty. On one job, Yinniang is unexpectedly overcome with emotion and the assassination fails. Her client is furious and gives the hesitant trainee one last chance to prove herself.
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Nie Yinniang
Fiction Feature
Chinese
Asia Express//FF2015
Taiwan, People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, France
2015
105 min
OV with English subtitles
Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Chu Tien-Wen, Hsieh Hai-Meng, Zhong Acheng
Shu Qi, Chang Chen, Zhou Yun, Tsumabuki Satoshi, Juan Ching-Tian, Hsieh Hsin-Ying, Sheu Fang-Yi
Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Lam Peter, Lin Kufn, Gou Tai-Chiang, Tung Tzu-Hsien
Mark Lee Ping Bing
Huang Chih-Chia
Lim Giong
Hwarng Wern-Ying
Delphi Filmverleih GmbH
Wild Bunch
Spotfilms; Sil-Metropole; Media Asia; CMPC
Esther Devos, Wild Bunch: edevos@wildbunch.eu
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