For his first martial arts film, the legendary Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien goes back to the ninth century and a girl trained from childhood to kill, and Cannes gave him Best Director for it. He tells her story quietly, so it pays to listen closely.
In ninth-century China, a nun kidnaps a ten-year-old girl and spends thirteen years shaping her into an assassin who is sent after corrupt officials. After Yinniang leaves one job undone, her punishment is to go back to the place she grew up and kill the man she was supposed to marry. Back home, nobody has forgotten her.
Cannes Film Festival
Official Selection
2015
Cannes Film Festival
Best Director
2015
Cannes Film Festival
Cannes Soundtrack Award
2015
2016 Palm Springs International Film Festival
FIPRESCI Prize Best Foreign Language Film
2016
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