CO-PRESENT WITH:
Seattle Asian American Film Festival
Hung-i Chen & Muni Wei; 2021; Taiwan; 111 min.; in Chinese with Chinese and English subtitles
Queer Taiwanese pop art meets the Bard in this all-female retelling of AS YOU LIKE IT. Set in a futuristic Taiwan devoid of the internet, this colorful, energetic drama follows Rosalind (Kou Hsueh-Fu) as she travels around Taipei looking for her estranged father. While on the search, she meets Orlando (Aggie Hsieh) and falls in love with him. Though Rosalind does not believe in true love, she decides to test Orlando’s attraction by dressing as a man and calling herself Roosevelt. The cityscape of Taipei serves as the urban forest where the lovers meet, quarrel, and try to make up. AS WE LIKE IT’s gender dynamics pay homage to Shakespeare’s own intentions, celebrating the strange and curious tricks love plays on us. Who knew being driven mad by love could be such fun?
CONTENT WARNINGS: NON-EXPLICIT SEXUAL SITUATIONS