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Girls’ School

+ Q&A with Wang Chun-Chi, Executive Director of Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute

A bold yet contentious portrait of female sexuality in 1980s Taiwan.

  • Director

    Lee Mi-Mi

  • With

    Tien Niu, Shen Yan, Chou Dan-Wei, Chin Han

  • Taiwan 1982. 91min

  • Digital

  • Certificate

    15

  • English subtitles

Chih-Ting and Chia-Lin, two students at a girls’ high school, have been close friends for years. But their relationship comes under intense scrutiny when their classmates start a rumour that they’re a lesbian couple. Made in 1982, when homosexuality was suppressed in Taiwan, this rediscovered melodrama by Lee Mi-Mi endorses but also challenges the prevailing ideologies of the time.

With support from the Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute.