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  • 2020
  • Unrated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 42 m
  • 2020
  • Unrated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 42 m

Summary After toiling for years in bit-parts, aspiring actress Nina Wu (Ke-Xi Wu) finally gets her big break with a leading role in a spy thriller set in the 1960s. The part, which calls for nudity and explicit sex scenes, is made all the more challenging thanks to the director’s unending belittlements. While seemingly on the brink of profession...

Directed By: Midi Z

Written By: Ke-Xi Wu, Midi Z

  • 2020
  • Unrated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 42 m
  • 2020
  • Unrated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 42 m

Nina Wu

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Summary After toiling for years in bit-parts, aspiring actress Nina Wu (Ke-Xi Wu) finally gets her big break with a leading role in a spy thriller set in the 1960s. The part, which calls for nudity and explicit sex scenes, is made all the more challenging thanks to the director’s unending belittlements. While seemingly on the brink of profession...

Directed By: Midi Z

Written By: Ke-Xi Wu, Midi Z

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
66
78% Positive
7 Reviews
22% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
66
78% Positive
7 Reviews
22% Mixed
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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90
Mar 29, 2021
This startlingly evocative, complex and confrontational new film is not interested in justice or didacticism.
By Beatrice Loayza FULL REVIEW
83
Apr 1, 2021
Here, the same genre tropes that are ordinarily primed for cheap thrills and big twists are bent towards the opposite effect, as the film blurs the line between reality and delusion in order to make audiences question a trauma so disorientingly awful that it might otherwise be easy to dismiss altogether — even for the people who suffer it first-hand.
By David Ehrlich FULL REVIEW
80
Apr 1, 2021
Nina Wu is a thrillingly complicated sort of corrective, living out the progressive ideal of giving the victim back her story, even when that story, told with lacerating self-criticism and a deep undercurrent of dismay, includes a great deal that falls far short of progressive ideals.
By Jessica Kiang FULL REVIEW
75
Apr 1, 2021
Clearly, the director takes great risks off-screen. If only they were as great on the screen.
By Caroline Tsai FULL REVIEW
70
Mar 29, 2021
While his previous drama, The Road to Mandalay, showcased his keen eye for social realism, Nina Wu is suffused with visual poetry – all stark-reds and grainy yellows – and a dream-like (or nightmarish, depending on how you view it) atmosphere. It’s a portrait of a country experiencing significant sociopolitical changes. By focusing on its filmmaking industry, Z takes advantage of the opportunity to experiment visually, thematically, and narratively – at times, to the film’s detriment.
By Alex Saveliev FULL REVIEW
50
Apr 1, 2021
Timely as it is, this is a film which doesn’t always treat its female characters with the respect that one might hope for, certainly given that it is intended to expose exploitation rather than add to it.
By Wendy Ide FULL REVIEW
50
Apr 1, 2021
Some will say that Nina Wu is a courageous work for exposing the abuse powerless young actresses face when trying to break into an acting career, while others will no doubt feel that, by what it shows, the movie remains part of the problem. As unevenly presented here, it’s a wobbly tightrope.
By Todd McCarthy FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Harvest 9 Road Entertainment, Jazzy Pictures, Myanmar Montage Pictures, Seashore Image Production, Star Ritz International Entertainment
Release Date Mar 11, 2020
Duration 1 h 42 m
Rating Unrated
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Website https://www.facebook.com/ninawufilm/
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Awards

Golden Horse Film Festival
• 1 Win & 8 Nominations
Taipei Film Festival
• 1 Win & 8 Nominations
To Ten Chinese Films Festival
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations

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