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PIERCE (刺心切骨)
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Completed - Thriller, Drama - 104 minutes

Log Line

When his beloved but dangerous older brother is released from prison, high school fencer Zijie believes he is innocent and goes behind their mother’s back to help him, only to realize the brother he has idealized might only be a fantasy.

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2024 (Premiere)
  • Busan 2024 (Line up)
  • Thessaloniki FF 2024 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2024

Director(s) : Nelicia LOW
Writer(s) : Nelicia LOW
Cast : Liu HSIU-FU, Tsao YU-NING, Ding NING

Producer(s) : Sam CHUA WEISHI, Jeremy CHUA, Patrick MAO HUANG, Izabela IGEL, John m. LO

Synopsis

Zijie is a young fencer longing to reconnect with his estranged older brother Zihan, who mysteriously returns after seven years in juvenile prison for killing an opponent during a fencing match. Zijie believes Zihan’s insistence that he is innocent and secretly decides to help him, defying their mother’s efforts to erase Zihan from their lives. In return, Zihan starts to train Zijie in fencing and Zijie improves immensely, getting selected to compete at the upcoming National Championships. As the brothers grow closer, their mother finds out that they have re-united and is furious at Zijie, yet Zijie stubbornly sticks by his brother. But Zihan’s hostile past is triggered after an argument, leaving Zijie to finally question whether his beloved brother might be a violent sociopath after all.

Market status

  • TSA
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Production

Country(ies) : SINGAPORE

CZECH REPU PILOT FILM
FRANCE OUTPLAY FILMS
HONG KONG EDKO FILMS LTD
INDONESIA FALCON PICTURES


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Festivals and Awards

Karlovy Vary IFF 2024 - Crystal Globe Competition (Best Director)
Busan IFF 2024 A Window on Asian Cinema
Thessaloniki IFF 2024 International Competition


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