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Detention

Summary In 1962 Taiwan during the White Terror martial law period, Fang Ray Shin, a female student at the hillside Greenwood High School is attending counselling with teacher Mr. Chang, and they gradually fall in love. It was a dangerous period where sensitive books were banned and free speech were restricted, but Mr. Chang secretly organised a ...

Written By: John Hsu, Shih-Keng Chien, Lyra Fu

  • 2021
  • TV-MA
  • Dekanalog
  • 1 h 42 m
  • 2021
  • TV-MA
  • Dekanalog
  • 1 h 42 m

Detention

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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Summary In 1962 Taiwan during the White Terror martial law period, Fang Ray Shin, a female student at the hillside Greenwood High School is attending counselling with teacher Mr. Chang, and they gradually fall in love. It was a dangerous period where sensitive books were banned and free speech were restricted, but Mr. Chang secretly organised a ...

Written By: John Hsu, Shih-Keng Chien, Lyra Fu

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Generally Favorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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75% Positive
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25% Mixed
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Oct 14, 2021
While a lot of Detention is steeped in anguish and anxiety, the terror induced by those emotions becomes the pathway back into the light.
By Jared Mobarak FULL REVIEW
70
Oct 14, 2021
The absorbing and entertaining Detention works well enough as a primer on a traumatic period of history, and as a story of semi-supernatural salvation for sins past, that it earns its surprisingly moving final moments, and even its heavily on-the-nose exhortation to modern-day Taiwan to remember and honor its ghosts.
By Jessica Kiang FULL REVIEW
70
Oct 14, 2021
In gaming terms, this movie’s characters find themselves on a screen where every move leads to a bottomless pit. The nightmare they’re in is as existential as it is visceral.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 14, 2021
Making his directorial debut, Hsu clearly has an eye for striking imagery, and Detention is filled with moments of shuddering, abstract beauty. But his ghost story never quite materializes from its uncanny ether.
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Production Company 1 Production Film, Filmagic Pictures Co., Gamania Digital Entertainment Company, Kaohsiung Film Fund, Lots Home Entertainment, Taichung Film Development Foundation, Truffe Holdings, Warner Bros. Pictures, Yi Tiao Long Hu Bao International Entertainment Company
Release Date Oct 8, 2021
Duration 1 h 42 m
Rating TV-MA
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Website https://www.facebook.com/DetentionTheMovie/
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Awards

Taipei Film Festival
• 6 Wins & 13 Nominations
Golden Horse Film Festival
• 5 Wins & 12 Nominations
Asian Film Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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