FILM NAME
大餓
YEAR
2019 | 90 min
AWARDS & FESTIVAL
2019 Busan International Film Festival / A Window on Asian Cinema, 2019 Taipei Film Award / Best New Talent Award, 2019 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival / FIPRESCI Prize
大餓
2019 | 90 min
2019 Busan International Film Festival / A Window on Asian Cinema, 2019 Taipei Film Award / Best New Talent Award, 2019 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival / FIPRESCI Prize
30 years old. 105 kilograms. Ying-juan was dealt a bad hand. She works at her mother’s childcare center and has a harder time fitting in than a T-Rex in a petting zoo, until she meets WU, a deliveryman who bears a checkered past underneath his radiant smile. Encouraged by WU, Ying-juan finally decides to lose weight. Just when things are getting on the right track, devastatingly, Ying-juan’s passion for cooking seems to be fading away due to her over-aggressive diet…
Based in Taipei, Taiwan, HSIEH earned her MFA at Columbia University. Her feature debut, Heavy Craving was selected for Busan International Film Festival; won Best New Talent at Taipei Film Awards, Audience Choice Award at International New Talent Competition of the 21st Taipei Film Festival, and FIPRESCI Prize at the 56th Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival.
PRODUCER WANG Jing, E.N. LEE
CAST TSAI Jia-yin, Yao CHANG, Samantha KO
PRODUCTION COMPANY While Films Ltd.