{"id":22013,"date":"2025-08-25T11:16:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T11:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/22013\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T11:16:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T11:16:12","slug":"shu-qis-venice-bound-directorial-debut-girl-unveils-first-clip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/22013\/","title":{"rendered":"Shu Qi’s Venice-Bound Directorial Debut ‘Girl’ Unveils First Clip"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tShu Qi<\/a>\u2018s highly anticipated directorial debut \u201cGirl<\/a>\u201d has released its first footage, offering a glimpse into the intimate Taiwanese drama that will compete at the upcoming 82nd Venice Film Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film, which marks the acclaimed actor\u2019s transition behind the camera, tells the story of Hsiao-lee, a withdrawn girl growing up in 1980s Taiwan whose world transforms when she encounters the vibrant Li-li. Set against the backdrop of Taiwan\u2019s economic transformation in 1988, the drama explores themes of inherited trauma and the cyclical nature of family pain.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cGirl\u201d stars Roy Chiu as Chiang, R&B singer-songwriter 9m88 as Chuan, and rising talent Bai Xiao-Ying as the protagonist Hsiao-lee. The cast also includes Audrey Lin as Li Li-li and Lai Yu-Fei as Sister.<\/p>\n

\n\tPrincipal photography wrapped in late summer 2024, with the film reaching completion in June this year. Veteran producer Yeh Jufeng, whose credits include \u201cA Sun\u201d and \u201cThe Great Buddha+,\u201d produced the project through Mandarin Vision Co., Ltd.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn her director\u2019s statement, Shu Qi emphasized the film\u2019s exploration of generational trauma: \u201cThis is a story that opens up a conversation about the powerful impact of one\u2019s family of origin, for better or worse.\u201d She noted that the characters \u201cmay reflect the frightening realities and shadows that many modern women faced in childhood \u2013 traumas that make reconciliation with family or even with oneself impossible.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film features cinematography by Yu Jing-pin, production design by Huang Mei-ching, and music by Lim Giong. William Chang Suk-ping served as supervising editor, with Lai Kwun-Tung as editor.<\/p>\n

\n\tShu Qi, a two-time Golden Horse Award winner and three-time Hong Kong Film Award recipient, collaborated with Hou Hsiao-hsien on \u201cMillennium Mambo,\u201d \u201cThree Times,\u201d and \u201cThe Assassin.\u201d She was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2024 and most recently starred in Bi Gan\u2019s \u201cResurrection,\u201d which won the special jury prize at the Cannes Film Festival.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cGirl\u201d will have its world premiere in competition at Venice, with world sales handled by Mandarin Vision for Asia excluding Mainland China, and Goodfellas for territories outside Asia.<\/p>\n

\n\tWatch the clip here:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shu Qi\u2018s highly anticipated directorial debut \u201cGirl\u201d has released its first footage, offering a glimpse into the intimate…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22014,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[18,117,6152,19,17,327,18895,11492],"class_list":{"0":"post-22013","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-girl","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-movies","14":"tag-shu-qi","15":"tag-venice-film-festival"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}