Alifu, the Prince/ss

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Alifu, the Prince/ss
Theatrical release poster
Chinese阿莉芙
Hanyu PinyinĀ lì fú
Hokkien POJAh-nī-hû
Directed byWang Yu-lin
Written byWang Yu-lin
Hsu Hua-chien
Juliana Hsu
Hua Bai-rong
Chen Hui-ling [zh]
Produced byGene Yao
Liu Ji-gang
StarringUtjung Tjakivalid
CinematographyWang Pan-yun
Edited byHong Dong-ren
Chang Yi-nian
Music byBlaire Ko
Production
company
Magnifique Creative Media Production
Distributed bySwallow Wings Films
Release dates
  • October 26, 2017 (2017-10-26) (TIFF)
  • October 27, 2017 (2017-10-27) (Taiwan)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryTaiwan
LanguagesTaiwanese
Mandarin
Paiwan
BudgetNT$20 million[1]
Box officeNT$600,000 (Taipei)[2]
Premier interview at Tokyo International Film Festival

Alifu, the Prince/ss is a 2017 Taiwanese drama film directed by Wang Yu-lin. It premiered at the 30th Tokyo International Film Festival.[3]

Premise

In one of three stories in the film, Alifu is a 25-year-old man who works at a salon in the city. However, as the only son of the chief of the Paiwan, he is torn between realizing his dream of becoming a woman and inheriting the chief position handed down by his father.[4]

Cast

  • Utjung Tjakivalid as Alifu
  • Chao Yi-lan as Li Pei-zhen
  • Wu Pong-fong as Wu
  • Bamboo Chen as Sherry
  • Cheng Jen-shuo as Chris
  • Angie Wang as Angie
  • Ara Kimbo as Chief Dakanao
  • Matt Fleming as Jonathan

Awards and nominations

Award Category Recipients Result Ref.
20th Taipei Film Awards Best New Talent Utjung Tjakivalid Won
54th Golden Horse Awards Best Supporting Actor Bamboo Chen Won [5]
Best Original Screenplay Wang Yu-lin, Hsu Hua-chien, Hua Bai-rong,
Juliana Hsu and Chen Hui-ling [zh] 		Nominated

References

  1. ^ "【全文】《阿莉芙》善用版權代理 王育麟把冷門國片賣全球". Mirror Media. 4 August 2017.
  2. ^ "開眼電影網--新版--". app2.atmovies.com.tw.
  3. ^ "Alifu, the Prince/ss - 30th Tokyo International Film Festival". tiff-jp.net.
  4. ^ "安能「變」我是雄雌 《阿莉芙》的他與她 - 文化週報 - 自由時報電子報". Liberty Times. 24 September 2017.
  5. ^ "台北金馬影展 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival". www.goldenhorse.org.tw.

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