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White Ant
Theatrical release poster
Directed byChu Hsien-che
Written byChu Hsien-che
Produced byMark Chen
StarringWu Kang-jen
Aviis Zhong
Yu Tai-yan
CinematographyLei Heng
Edited byCheng Hsiao-tung
Music byWu Chia-feng
Production
companies
Big Houses Film Production
Content Digital Film Co.
Distributed byAblaze Image
Release dates
  • 10 October 2016 (2016-10-10) (Busan)
  • 17 March 2017 (2017-03-17) (Taiwan)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryTaiwan
LanguageMandarin
Box officeNT$1.5 million (Taiwan)[1][2]

White Ant (Chinese: 白蟻しろあり─慾望よくぼう謎なぞ網もう) is a 2016 Taiwanese drama film and the narrative feature film debut of Chu Hsien-che, who worked as a documentarian for more than 20 years prior to White Ant. The film stars Wu Kang-jen, Aviis Zhong and Yu Tai-yan.[3]

Premise

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Bai Yide is a young bookstore worker living alone in a Taipei neighborhood. Unknown to anyone else, the socially inept Bai has an uncontrollable fetish for women's underwear due to a traumatic past event. One day, he receives a video recording of himself caught in the act of stealing female lingerie, leading to a gradually accumulating sense of anxiety and fear of exposure with tragic consequences.

Cast

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Reception

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Elizabeth Kerr of The Hollywood Reporter stated, "Carefully modulated and wisely attuned to its strongest elements, White Ant is evidence of Chu's doc background, both in style and substance." She concluded that the film is "a strong exploration of the psychological impact of shame, fear and guilt".[6]

Awards and nominations

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Award ceremony Category Recipients Result
21st Busan International Film Festival[7] FIPRESCI Prize White Ant Won
53rd Golden Horse Awards Best New Director Chu Hsien-che Nominated
1st Malaysia Golden Global Awards[8][9] Best Film White Ant Nominated
Best New Director Chu Hsien-che Nominated
Best Screenplay Chu Hsien-che Nominated
Best Cinematography Lei Heng Nominated
27th Singapore International Film Festival[10] Silver Screen Award for Best Asian Feature Film White Ant Nominated
19th Taipei Film Awards[11] Best Actor Wu Kang-jen Won

References

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  1. ^ "TFAI-國家こっか電でん影かげ及視聽しちょう文化ぶんか中心ちゅうしん Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute".
  2. ^ "白蟻しろあり：慾望よくぼう謎なぞ網もう White Ant：榮さかえ獲え2016年ねん韓國かんこく釜山ぷさん影かげ展てん新しん潮流ちょうりゅう單元たんげん影かげ評ひょう人じん費ひ比ひ西にし大だい獎。朱しゅ賢哲けんてつ執と導みちびけ，金きむ鐘かね獎".
  3. ^ "提ひさげ名めい金きん馬ば最さい佳けい新しん導しるべ演えんじ之の震撼しんかん作さく——《白蟻しろあり-慾望よくぼう謎なぞ網もう》 | 雜誌ざっし | 聯合れんごう新聞しんぶん網もう". udn.com. 13 March 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  4. ^ "BIFF Archive 2016". Busan International Film Festival. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  5. ^ "台北たいぺい電でん影かげ節ぶし Taipei Film Festival Archive 2017 Winners". Taipei Film Festival. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  6. ^ "'White Ant' Review | Hollywood Reporter". The Hollywood Reporter. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  7. ^ "FIPRESCI - Busan". fipresci.org. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  8. ^ "cinema.com.my: "Interchange", "Redha" join MIFFEST & MGGA". cinema.com.my. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  9. ^ "1st Malaysia Golden Global Awards - Star2.com". star2.com. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  10. ^ "White Ant (白蟻しろあり) | ABLAZE IMAGE / 光ひかり在ざい影像えいぞう". Ablaze Image / 光ひかり在ざい影像えいぞう. ablazeimage.com. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  11. ^ "Unknown".[permanent dead link]
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