The renowned actress Shu Qi officially trampled on behind the camera with her debut at the direction Lasswhich was previewed on September 4 at the Venice Film Festival. The project, over a decade in preparation, is deeply personal, draw inspiration from the painful childhood of Shu Qi with an alcoholic and violent father.
Set in Taiwan in 1988, Lass Hsia-Lee follows, a girl who grows up in poverty as she wished to escape her desolate life. He finds hope in his friendship with Li-Li, but his dreams arouse painful memories in his mother, Chuan, whose ambitions have been crushed by harsh realities.
Speaking with AFP, Shu Qi admitted: “This film is linked to my childhood experiences. Those wounds are still echoed in me to date.” Growing up in a troubled house, he often faced physical abuses by his father, who returned home drunk every night. Despite his difficult past, Shu Qi left for Hong Kong at the age of 15 to pursue modeling, eventually becoming one of the most famous Chinese actresses of his generation.
The actress revealed that she started working on the script in 2011 after the encouragement of director Hou Hsia-Hsien, who also introduced her to “Iceberg Theory” by Ernest Hemingway. Lass He reflects this philosophy avoiding graphic representations of violence. Instead, the tension is based through subtle thin and images: that bark dogs at night, the hum of a motorcycle, the tinkling of keys and the steps that approach the door evoking the invisible terror that pursues Hsia-Lee.
Praise variety Lass Like a female and deeply emotional work with a clear stylistic influence of Hou Hsiao-Hsien, while Screen every day He highlighted his rough interpretation of family struggles and poverty. THE International Cynthiphile Society (ICS) He described the film as a poetic and stratified, although noting occasional stimulation problems and merging the genre that interrupted its flow. After Venice, Lass It is set to the screen on Toronto International Film Festival.
Born Lin Li-Hui in 1976, Shu Qi had a stellar career that has lasted for three decades. Despite his success, Shu Qi remains sincere for his scars: “I am happy now, but this does not mean that the past has disappeared. Those days have left invisible wounds that resurface occasionally.”
With LassShu Qi transforms his painful past into art, giving voice to the silenced fears of many and marking a new bold chapter on his artistic journey.
Source: vne
