The Last Painting
Taiwan
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2017
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Color
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107 min
This directory compiles the glossaries from all editions of Cines del Sur: eleven already held and the twelfth currently underway. It serves as a living memory of the festival, its films, guests, sections, and spaces for reflection on the cinemas of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Arab world. Here you can trace the evolution of its programming, rediscover filmmakers, and follow the thematic threads that have defined Cines del Sur's identity as a meeting point for cultures, perspectives, and ways of understanding cinema from the Global South.
The discovery of a terrible murder in a painter's apartment, coinciding with the day of Taiwan's presidential elections, sets the stage for The Last Painting. We go back four months to witness the arrival of a politically committed and idealistic student as a new tenant in the apartment of a somewhat surly and aloof painter. Both young people must confront their deepest secrets: on one hand, the young woman, from a well-to-do family, carries heavy family burdens; on the other, the painter, also haunted by ghosts of the past, is in a possessive relationship with his girlfriend. Art, politics, dreams, sexual identity, crime, and punishment converge in the urban landscape of Taipei. Chen Hung-i's latest work, wrapped in a thriller and with a visceral quality reminiscent of Kim Ki-duk's early films, pays homage in one of its frames to the recently deceased Spanish politician Carme Chacón.
Technical Details
Direction:
Chen Hung-i
Cinematography:
Yu Jing Ping
Music:
Jesy Chiang, Cicada, Ann Bai
Language:
Mandarin
Production:
Albert Yao
Art Direction:
Huang Mei Ching, Liu Jeng Feng, Liang Shuo Lin
Sound:
Dennis Tsao, Cen Chia Wei
Subtitles:
English and Spanish
Screenplay:
Chen Hung-i
Editing:
Chen Hung-i
Cast:
Lin Wei-yi, Kiwebaby, Chang Ning, JC Lin, Zheng Ren Shuo
Director
Chen Hung-i
Born in Taiwan, Chen Hung-i graduated with a degree in Philosophy from National Taiwan University. He began his career in the audiovisual industry directing commercials and music videos, which won numerous awards. In 2008, he made his directorial debut with Candy Rain, which won the Best Makeup & Costume Design Award at the Golden Horse Awards. Honey Pupu, in 2011, won the Special Jury Prize at the Taipei International Film Festival, while his next production, Design 7 Love (2014), received nominations for Best New Performer and Best Visual Effects at the Golden Horse Awards. The Last Painting participated in the 2017 International Film Festival Rotterdam.
