A murder case reveals the true face of society...

On the day of the presidential election, female college junior Yang Jie was found dead in a rental house. Her naked body was covered with oil paint, and her beautiful eyes were gouged out with a sharp knife... There are various signs that her painter roommate Jiang Zhongze and her best friend Nana are involved in serious suspicions...

Nana is both a man and a woman, and has stumbled along the road of love. He feels like a sister to Yang Jie, but he is also jealous of everything she has. In order to pursue true love, Na Na wanted to change her destiny by having a sex change... Jiang Zhongze was once an angry young man in the social movement. Although he indulged in carnality with his dancer girlfriend, he saw his passionate past through Yang Jie's idealistic eyes...

In this city, they collide with the system, society, gender and love in their own way. On the night when factory workers lay down on the tracks to protest, Yang Jie fell in love with Jiang Zhongze and became the goddess on his canvas, but she also started a greater destruction... Why did Yang Jie die? Who killed her? A murder case revealed the true face of this society. Those who live under passion and desire are the restless souls of this era...

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A student and political activist becomes the new housemate of a solitary painter. He is brusque and disillusioned, she is filled with hope. Outside, Taïwan is heading towards new presidential elections. Contemporary Asian cinema at its best, in which it's all about timing and rhythm. A visually impressive, layered thriller about politics, art and murder. 

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DRAMA/MYSTERY/ROMANCE DCP/HD - 2017 - TAIWAN - 107min

 

CAST Chang Ning, JC Lin, Kiwibaby, Lin Wei Yi, Zheng Ren Shuo

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE Mandarin

PRODUCED BY Swallow Wings Films, Red Society Films