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Angels Wear White

Angels Wear White

A film by Vivian Qu

In a small seaside town, two schoolgirls are assaulted by a middle-aged man in a motel. Mia, a teenager who was working on reception that night, is the only witness. For fear of losing her job, she says nothing. Meanwhile, 12-year-old Wen, one of the victims, finds that her troubles have only just begun. Trapped in a world that offers them no safety, Mia and Wen will have to find their own way out.

Year: 2017

Country: China

Runtime: 107 min

Color: Color

Language: Chinese

Subtitles: English

"Vivian Qu's nuanced drama is the perfect film for the #MeToo moment."

- IndieWire

"A striking portrait of women in contemporary China."

- Hollywood Reporter

"An intriguing film noir."

- Globe and Mail

"ANGELS displays marked maturity in plot development, which unspools with rising complexity and tension.''

- Variety

"ANGELS is a skillful combination of tense, dark drama with biting social commentary."

- Screen Daily

"[Qu] pulls no punches in her tentacled piece, and it leaves a livid mark."

- Screen International

About the Director

Vivian is a Chinese film producer, director and screenwriter. She directed the award-winning 2013 film Trap Street. She also produced Night Train, released in 2007, Knitting, in 2008, and Black Coal, Thin Ice in 2014, which won that year’s Golden Bear Award at the Berlin International Film Festival.

In 2017, her second directing feature Angels Wear White was entered into the main competition section of the 74th Venice International Film Festival, and later won her a Golden Horse Award for Best Director in Taiwan.

 

FILMOGRAPHY

Trap Street (2013)

Angels Wear White (2017)

Cast and Crew

CREW

Producers: Sean Chen

Director: Vivian Qu

Director of Photography: Benoit Dervaux

Editing: Yang Hongyu

Sound Design: Zhang Yang

Music: Wen Zi

Set Designer: Peng Shaoying

Costume Design: Wang Tao

Special Effects: A Donglin

 

CAST

Wen Qi as Mia

Zhou Meijun as Wen

Shi Ke as Attorney Hao

Geng Le as Meng Tao (Wen’s father)

Liu Weiwei as Wen’s mother

Peng Jing as Lily

Wang Yuexin as Jian

Li Mengnan as Inspector Wang

Home Media

DVD

 

Digital

Awards and Festivals

Venice Film Festival

Toronto International Film Festival

Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival

London Film Festival

Valladolid International Film Festival

Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival – Winner of Best Director

Singapore International Film Festival

Play Dates
Festival/TheaterCityStateDate
MetrographNew YorkNY5/4/18
Laemmle's Music HallLos AngelesCA5/18/18
The Palm Spring International film Festival Palm SpringCA1/3/18 - 1/15/18
Santa Barbara International Film FestivalSanta BarbaraCA1/31 - 2/10/18
Colorado Dragon Film FestivalDenver CO3/2/18
Portland International Film FestivalPortlandOR2/15 - 3/1/18
Freer and Sackler GalleriesDCDC3/4/18
San Francisco International Film FestivalSan FranciscoCA4/4 - 4/17/18
International Film Series (Floyd Theater)LouisvilleKY4/10/18
CASCADIA International Women's Film FestivalBellinghamWA4/14/18
Minneapolis St Paul International Film FestivalMinneapolisMN4/12 -4/ 28/18
RiverRun International Film FestivalWinston-SalemNC4/19-29/18
Arthouse Film FestivalBrielleNJ4/30, 5/1/18
Nashville Film FestivalNashvilleTN5/10-5/19/18
Seattle International Film Festival SeattleWA5/25, 5/30/18
TIME & SPACE LIMITEDHudsonNY5/17 - 6/3/18
4 Star TheatreSan FranciscoCA6/1/18
Cinetopia Film FestivalArborMI5/31 - 6/10/18
Oklahoma City Museum of ArtOklahoma CityOK6/21/18
Gene Siskel Film CenterChicagoIL6/29-7/5/18
VICKERS THEATRELakesideMI6/27, 7/1/18
Gateway Film CenterColumbusOH7/12-7/14/18
Asian Film Festival of DallasDallasTX7/19 – 7/26/18
Tallahassee Film SocietyTallahasseeFL8/24 - 8/26/18
San Juan International Film FestivalSan JuanPR8/30 - 9/5/18
Cleveland CinemathequeClevelandOH9/2/18
Varsity World Film WeekAshlandOR10/5 -10/11/18
Film Fest Tucson TucsonAZ10/11 - 10/13/18
Milwaukee Film FestivalMilwaukeeWI10/18 - 11/1/18
Citizen Jane Film FestivalColumbiaMO11/1/18
FilmBarPhoenixAZ11/7/18
Riverfest Saginaw Film FestivalSaginawMI11/8/18
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