SILENT SPARKS 愛作歹

Fresh out of prison, Pua inexorably resumes his work as a henchman for a local gangster. He needs to survive financially and provide for his family, but he also wants to maintain his relationship with his former cellmate, Mi-ji. This choice is certainly not without risk…

Immersed in luminous, stylized nighttime photography, the camera glides close to the emotions, glances, and unspoken words. A suspended tension. For his first film, Chu Ping manages to weave a love story, a tale of irrepressible desires, in a world of toxic behavior, obligation—even servitude—and demands for ultra-standardized masculinity.