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  • 2018
  • TV-14
  • Kimstim Films
  • 1 h 47 m
  • 2018
  • TV-14
  • Kimstim Films
  • 1 h 47 m

Summary 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 th...

Directed By: Vivian Qu

Written By: Vivian Qu

  • 2018
  • TV-14
  • Kimstim Films
  • 1 h 47 m
  • 2018
  • TV-14
  • Kimstim Films
  • 1 h 47 m

Angels Wear White

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
78
User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 6 User Ratings
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Summary 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 th...

Directed By: Vivian Qu

Written By: Vivian Qu

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
78
92% Positive
11 Reviews
8% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
78
92% Positive
11 Reviews
8% Mixed
1 Review
0% Negative
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90
May 3, 2018
The moral rot and callous corruption depicted in Angels Wear White has a particularly bracing effect in part because, cultural specifics aside, the inhumanity on display is hardly alien.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW
88
May 4, 2018
The film has an engrossing and powerful drama that is all the more effective for writer/director Vivian Qu’s refusal to keep the story from spinning off into lurid melodrama — all of the story points on display have the harsh bitterness of truth to them.
By Peter Sobczynski FULL REVIEW
83
Angels Wear White becomes a bottomless pit of despair consuming complex characters with nowhere to go.
By Jared Mobarak FULL REVIEW
80
May 17, 2018
In its perceptions and mood, Angels Wear White plays like acutely serious female noir.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
80
May 3, 2018
Qu unpacks much that matters in Angels Wear White, including the abuse of power and importance of status and wealth in Chinese society, but her most thoughtful, nuanced observations involve female sexuality.
By Serena Donadoni FULL REVIEW
75
Qu’s symbolism, including a giant statue of Marilyn Monroe in her provocative Seven-Year-Itch pose presiding over an empty beachfront playground, is big, bold and impressively cinematic, thanks also to cinematographer Benoît Dervaux.
By Kate Taylor FULL REVIEW
60
Perhaps Qu’s near-passive tone is meant to suggest that women don’t have much of a voice in society. But the story's almost complete lack of emotion also negatively impacts the viewers’ interest in the women’s plight. What does come through loud and clear is that Angels Wear White paints an unflattering portrait of not only how women are treated but also of how men try to protect their turf at all costs.
By Boyd van Hoeij FULL REVIEW

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Universal Acclaim Based on 6 User Ratings
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Production Company 22 Hours Films, Hangzhou Puhua Chuansheng Cultural Investment Partner, J.Q. Pictures, L'Avventura Film, Mandrake Films, Perfect World Pictures, Shanghai Moyi Cultural Communications
Release Date May 4, 2018
Duration 1 h 47 m
Rating TV-14
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Awards

Asian Film Critics Association Awards
• 4 Wins & 6 Nominations
To Ten Chinese Films Festival
• 3 Wins & 6 Nominations
Malaysia Golden Global Awards
• 3 Wins & 6 Nominations

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