By Han Cheung / Staff reporterIf the objective of Nina Wu (灼人秘密) is to present a traumatic experience of an increasingly unstable protagonist through versions of reality so fractured that the audience can’t tell what is real or not, the film succeeds. Three years after the acclaimed The Road to Mandalay (再見瓦城), director Midi Z (趙德胤) and actress Wu Ke-xi (吳可熙) team up again, this time with Wu as both the screenwriter and lead. Midi Z’s previous productions all draw from his background of growing up in Myanmar, but Wu launches the director’s craft into new territory as Nina Wu draws from her personal experiences as an aspiring starlet. Film Notes: Wu (灼人秘密) DIRECTED BY: Midi Z (趙德胤) STARRING: Wu Ke-xi (吳可熙) as Nina Wu, Vivian Sung (宋芸樺) as Kiki, Kimi Hsia (夏于喬) as Actress No. The media has commented on the uncanny resemblance between the two actresses since Sung’s big-screen debut in 2014, and although the two don’t share a scene in Nina Wu, the effect is apparent, further demonstrating how the film’s disarray is actually well-thought out.

Source: Taipei Times July 24, 2019 15:56 UTC