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Ghosted
A film by Monika Treut 89 minutes + 56 minute bonus film, color, 2009
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Monika Treut, the noted director of provocative films such as Seduction: The Cruel Woman, Female Misbehavior and Gendernauts, returns with a mysterious love story set in Taiwan and Germany. In Ghosted, German artist Sophie is trying to come to terms with the unsolved murder of her Taiwanese lover Ai-Ling. After a run-in with the seductive Mei-Li, a journalist investigating Ai-Ling’s death, Sophie flees back to Germany. But when Mei-Li turns up on her Hamburg doorstep, the mystery deepens INCLUDES BONUS FILM: Monika Treut’s documentary Tiger Women Grow Wings looks at three Taiwanese women from different generations (famed opera singer Hsieh Yue-hsia; award-winning novelist Li Ang; and filmmaker Chen Ying-rong) against the backdrop of the radical changes taking place in modern-day Taiwan. Reviews "Thoughtful storytelling and a refreshingly matter-of-fact
view of lesbian relationships." "A romantic, lush mystery. Close in spirit to Aimee & Jaguar." - Box Office Magazine "Intriguing, oddly fascinating... Touches of Nicholas Roeg's Don't Look Now." - Fim Comment "An erotically charged, culture-clash thriller." - IFC.com "Supernatural overtones made all the more worthwhile by
spectacular Taipei locales and its celebration of Chinese
culture." - NewsBlaze Links See details about this film's theatrical
run Disc Features ● Bonus Film: Tiger Women Grow Wings
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