Synopsis
After long online chats on the web with the Taiwanese Businessman, Mr Chang, Miss Kicki decides to travel to Taipei and pay her online paramour a surprise visit. Not willing to travel alone, she invites her 16-year old son Viktor to join her on the trip, on the pretext that they need to get reacquainted after being separated for many years. But when Victor discovers the real purpose of the journey, Kicki has to prove to him (and herself) that she can become the mother he always missed.
Technical Information
2009; Sweden; Drama, Women; 85 minutes; 35mm, HDCAM-SR; 1:1.85; Dolby SRD; Original Language: English, Swedish; Subtitles: English, French, German; Dubbed Versions: German
DIRECTOR
Håkon Liu
WRITER
Alex Haridi
D.O.P.
Ari Willey
EDITOR
Fredrik Morheden
MUSIC
Fredrik Viklund
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Anita Oxburgh, Yeh Jufeng
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Migma West HB
PRODUCER
Lizette Jonjic
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Ellen Oseng, Tsai Pei-Ling
Kicki
Pernilla August
Viktor
Ludwig Palmell
Didi
Huang He River
Grandmother
Britta Andersson
Mr. Chang
Eric Tsang
HÅKON LIU
Håkon Liu was born in 1975 in Kirkenes Norway by a Norwegian mother and a Chinese father. He grew up in Taiwan. He graduated from The School of Film Direction at The University of Gothenburg in 2005. Before that he studied fine arts at Oslo National Academy of the Arts. Håkon is also a permanent guest teacher of film acting at the Academy of Music and Drama and the School of Film Direction at the University of Gothenburg.
On January 14th 2017, Håkon Liu died in Sweden as a result of an ongoing illness.
Selective Filmography
Feature Documentary
2002 Jag og mine husmødre
TV Series
2008 Habib
Short
2008 London Transfer
2007 Lucky Blue
2007 Kompisar
2005 Kär i natten
2004 Nights in Love
2003 I love you so
2013
EUNIC FILM FESTIVAL
Sep 01 – 01
2012
May 09 – 19
EU FILM FESTIVAL KAMBODJA
May 01 – Jun 01
Jan 06 – 08
2011
Nov 25 – Dec 08
SEMINCI – VALLADOLID INT. FILM FESTIVAL
Oct 22 – 29
Sep 16 – 24
MUJERES EN FOCO INT. FILM FESTIVAL FOR GENDER
May 05 – 08
Apr 12 – 17 (in competition)
Apr 07 – 16
2010
HONG KONG LESBIAN & GAY FILM FESTIVAL
Nov 19 – Dec 01
Nov 16 – 17 (in competition)
Nov 10 – 14 (in competition)
Nov 04 – 10 (in competition)
Nov 01 – 07 (in competition)
LESBISCH-SCHWULE FILMTAGE KARLSRUHE
Oct 05 – 10
OSLO GAY & LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL
Sep 24 – Oct 01 (in competition)
Sep 14 – 18
FILM FORUM ZADAR – EUROPEAN CO-PRODUCTION COMPETITION
Award for Best Actress (Pernilla August)
Aug 29
Aug 24 – 29 (in competition)
ASIAN AMERICAN INT. FILM FESTIVAL
Jul 15 – 24 (in competition)
KARLOVY VARY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Criticer’s Choice
Jul 10
Jun 15 – Jul 03
KARLOVY VARY INT. FILM FESTIVAL – CRITICS CHOICE
Jun 02 – 10
TRANSILVANIA INT. FILM FESTIVAL
May 28 – Jun 06
Apr 17 – 25
Apr 15 – 25
2009
Nov 18 – 29 (in competition)
Nov 04 – 08 (in competition)
TAIWAN COUNTY FILM FESTIVAL
Oct 30 – 31
Oct 08 – 16 (in competition)
Heidelberg –
MANNHEIM-HEIDELBERG FILM FESTIVAL
Rainer Werner Fassbinder Prize
Jun 09
Expressen
Makes you think of “Lost in Translation”
The Swedish daily paper
A brilliant debut!
SVT
A jewel!
Variety
The pic actually recalls early Wim Wenders with its meandering tone and revealing searches across alien landscapes.
Pusan 14th International Film Festival 2009
A perfect example of how “big” a “small” can be. The director’s talent shines and portrays multi-national issues, social problems, domestic conflict, friendship and other intricate dilemmas within simple drama. The script, acting and directing are all well composed.
PERNILLA AUGUST
Pernilla August started acting as a child. In 1979 she was accepted at the National Aademy of Acting in Sweden. She attracted the attention of Ingmar Bergman who offered her a key role in his movie Fanny och Alexander (1982). She has acted in several notable plays, including William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, and Anton Chekhov’s Three Sisters. In 1992 she won the best actress award in festival de Cannes for the film The Best Intentions directed by Bille August. Many in the English-speaking world know her best as Shmi Skywalker (the mother of Anakin Skywalker / Darth Vader) in the Star Wars prequel movies.
Selective Filmography
Feature Film
2012 Dom över död man
2012 Hamilton: I nationens intresse
2012 Call Girl
2005 Drabet
2003 Om jag vänder mig om
2002 Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
1999 Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
TV Series
2008 Star Wars: The Clone Wars
