A glassblower's wife finds something in the walls that Taiwan wanted buried forever.
In the early 1950s, even the small villages in Taiwan were bathed in the atmosphere of White Terror. It was a difficult time for all. There was a beautiful young woman called A-zhen. She always felt that there was something weird in her house since she got married to her husband, A-yi, the village glassblower. A-zhen was very curious about the mystery surrounding the wall in her house. So, one day, she decided to investigate the real secret behind the wall.
Direction
Lin Chih-ju builds dread through domestic spaces.
Production
Recreated 1950s Taiwan village with suffocating authenticity.
Director
Lin Chih-ju
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The White Terror (1949-1987) saw 140,000+ Taiwanese imprisoned; this film was made during the taboo-lifting democratization period.
Director Lin Chih-ju shot in actual surviving structures from the era; some village elders refused to be on set due to trauma.
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