Amanda Tseng Man-Yin,
Uilin Ong
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The Graduate Co., Ltd.,
Bole Film
One-sentence Synopsis
An online romance with a foreigner takes a lonely middle-aged farmer to an unknown land. Everyone calls it a romance scam, but she wants to prove that love indeed exists.
Synopsis
In a peaceful rural town in Taiwan, the online romance between chicken farmer Hui-Chun and a foreign man fuels sizzling gossip. Hui-Chun is 38, but still lives with her brother and teenage niece Xin-Ru. She has been single for a long time and is not very good at interacting with other people. One day, Xin-Ru downloads an online dating app on Hui-Chun’s mobile phone. Unexpectedly, Hui-Chun, who doesn’t speak English, develops a romantic relationship through the app with a French man who calls himself “Martin”. In the online world, she is “Salli”. The villagers laugh at Hui-Chun and tell her that it is a romance scam, but she refuses to believe them. She’s convinced it’s true love, until one day, Martin suddenly can’t be reached. To prove Martin’s existence, Hui-Chun, who has never been abroad, decides to leave for Paris to find him...
Lien Chien-Hung
Lien Chien-Hung is a Taipei-based writer-director, who was selected for Berlinale Talents in 2019. His TV movie Their Heaven (2017) was shortlisted for the Taiwan Golden Bell Awards, including Best Director. His short films include It’s Drizzling (2014), 100th Birthday Wish (2016), Classroom (2019) and Old Zhang’s Store (2019). His works were selected for Busan Short Film Festival, Tokyo Short Film Festival, Hawaii Film Festival, among others. Most of his works express concern for society in a humorous way. His first feature film project Salli won the Grand Prize at the Golden Horse Film Project Promotion 2019.
Lee Lieh
Senior executive producer. Lee's work includes Detention (2019), Monga (2010) and Orz Boyz (2008).
Dennis Wu
Chairman of Vieshow Cinemas and Bole Film. His credits include The Post-Truth World (2022), Little Big Women (2020) and The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful (2017).
Amanda Tseng Man-Yin
Amanda Tseng Man-Yin is an award-winning Taiwanese producer.
Uilin Ong
Uilin Ong is an award-winning Taiwanese producer. His works include The Silent Forest (2020).