Ci qing (2007)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Zero Chou

Writer:

Singing Chen (writer)

Release Date:

30 March 2007 (Taiwan)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

When Jade, a web-cam girl visits Takeko's tattoo studio she becomes entranced with the image of the spider lily and with Takeko as well...

Plot Keywords:

Tattoo | Lesbian Interest | Lesbian

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Rainie Yang	...	Jade
Isabella Leong	...	Takeko
John Shen	...	Ching (as Jian-hung Shen)
Jay Shih	...	Adong (as Yuan-chieh Shih)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Yi-han Chen
Ping-han Hsieh

Also Known As:

Cih cing (Taiwan) (alternative transliteration)
Mandala (Taiwan) (working title)
Spider Lilies (International: English title)

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

Taiwan

Language:

Mandarin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Hong Kong:IIB | Singapore:R21 | South Korea:18 | Argentina:16

Filming Locations:

Taiwan

Company:

3rd Vision Films

Deep story

The Spider Lilies has a deep content. It talks about how much people can remember the past and continue to pursue it. Leong is trapped in what happened in the past whereas Yeung is also trapped by her own past. The fate brought these 2 together and helped each other to build their future together from the past they shared. The story is strong but the acting is kind of weak. Not much chemistry between these two. There is not much going on when they get intimate with each other. It is not convincing the two share the same passion. I guess that is the major drawback in the film. It was sweet and bitter when the film showed their past. There is actually more emotion involved and more convincing with their past. Overall, it is a nice movie to watch.