The Abandoned (2022 film)
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| Traditional Chinese | 查無此心 |
| Simplified Chinese | 查无此心 |
| Literal meaning | "No trace of the heart" |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Chá wú cǐ xīn |
| Directed by | Tseng Ying-ting |
| Written by | Tseng Ying-ting Yang Yi-chien Lin Pin-chun Hsu Shih-hui |
| Produced by | David Tang Janine Chang |
| Starring | Janine Chang Ethan Juan |
Production company | Renaissance Films et.al |
| Distributed by | Netflix (United States) |
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Running time | 128 minutes[1] |
| Country | Taiwan |
| Languages | Mandarin Thai |
The Abandoned (Chinese: 查無此心) is a 2022 Taiwanese mystery crime thriller film directed and co-written by Tseng Ying-ting.
Premise
[edit]On New Year's Eve, a corpse washed up on the shore stops Wu Jie, the police officer, when she is ready to kill herself. The victim was a migrant worker without her heart and a finger. It is obviously a murder. Police get no more clues from the body. In the meantime, they get an anonymous call, which complicates the case. Wu Jie concludes that whoever abandoned the body is not the killer. Lin You-sheng is in trouble because a female dead body has been found in a factory. To avoid the police, he buries the body in the mountains by himself. In the meantime, his girlfriend, Waree, has lost touch. Wu Jie finds Lin and asks him to identify a body that turns out to be Waree's. Lin is seen as the prime suspect of the serial murders.[2]
Cast
[edit]- Janine Chang as Wu Jie
- Ethan Juan as Lin You-sheng
- Chloe Xiang as Wilson
- Sajee Apiwong[3]
- Hsueh Shih-ling as Huang Dong-qi[3]
- Chen Wei-min as Sheriff[3]
Release
[edit]The film was screened in the London East Asia Film Festival (LEAFF)'s Competition section on October 22, 2022,[4] followed by its Taiwanese premiere at the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival on November 5.[5]
Awards and nominations
[edit]| Awards | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59th Golden Horse Awards | Best New Director | Tseng Ying-ting | Nominated | [6] |
| Best Art Direction | Yeh Tzu-wei | Nominated | ||
| Best Makeup & Costume Design | Lore Shih and Chang Fu-chen | Nominated | ||
| Best Action Choreography | Hung Shih-hao | Nominated | ||
| Best Sound Effects | R.T Kao, Tsai Doit and Kenny Cheng | Nominated | ||
| FIPRESCI Prize | The Abandoned | Nominated | ||
| Taipei Film Awards 2023 | ||||
| Best Feature Film | The Abandoned | Nominated | ||
| Best Director | Tseng Ying-ting | Nominated | ||
| Best Screenplay | Yang Yi-Chien, Lin Pin-jun, Xu Shihui, Tseng Ying-ting | Nominated | ||
| Best Actress | Ning Chang | Nominated | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Chen Wei-min | Nominated | ||
| Best Cinematography | Liu Zhihuan, Liu Chenwei | Nominated | ||
| Best Editing | Liao Ching-Sung, Li Junhong | Nominated | ||
| Best Original Score | Yang Wanqian | Won | ||
| Best Art Design | Yeh Tzu-wei | Nominated | ||
| Best Design | Lore Shih, Victor Chang | Won | ||
| Best Sound Design | R.T Kao, Tsai Doit and Kenny Cheng | Nominated | ||
| Best Visual Effects | Jonah West, Wang Baixin | Nominated |
References
[edit]- ^ "台北金馬影展 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival | 查無此心". www.goldenhorse.org.tw (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- ^ "LEAFF 2022 - COMPETITION". LEAFF. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ a b c "張鈞甯新作《查無此心》成遺珠 阮經天落馬". tw.news.yahoo.com (in Chinese). 27 September 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ Rosati, Adriana (25 September 2022). "London East Asia Film Festival (LEAFF) is back for its 7th Edition. Here is the Full Programme". Asian Movie Pulse. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ "獨》張鈞甯出道20年首度升格監製《查無此心》找贊助籌資沒包袱 - 娛樂". 中時新聞網 (in Chinese). Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ "Hong Kong film 'Limbo' leads Golden Horse Award nominations - Focus Taiwan". focustaiwan.tw. 27 September 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.