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A DANCE IN VAIN

WO SHI QUAN SHI JIE ZUI XING FU DE BAO BEI

By Hong-Chi LEE

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Drama - Completed 2025

Monkey has long worked behind the scenes in a theater, barely getting by. In 2020, her boyfriend Leo died by suicide. His absence haunts her days, yet when she voices her exhaustion, friends only say: “You should be grateful—you’re already lucky.”

Festivals
& Awards

Busan IFF 2025
A Window on Asian Cinema
Venice - Biennale 2025
SIC
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    • Year of production
    • 2025
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • CHINA
    • Languages
    • MANDARIN
    • Duration
    • 86 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Hong-Chi LEE
    • Writer(s)
    • Hong-Chi LEE
    • Producer(s)
    • Ai QI (Southie films Limited)
    • Synopsis
    • Monkey has spent years working behind the scenes in a theater company, barely scraping by in the big city. Day after day, her life feels stuck on repeat.

      In 2020, her boyfriend, Leo, returned to his hometown and took his own life.

      Since then, his absence has lingered like a shadow, haunting every street she walks, every breath she takes.

      Caught in the same routines, she tries to reach out, to share the weight of her exhaustion. But all she hears is:

      "You should be grateful. You’re already so lucky."
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