TROUBLE GIRL

小曉

By Chia-Hua CHIN

MANDARINVISION - as SALES All rights, World / FIN

First film - Completed 2023

Xiao Xiao has troubles at school; her teachers do not know how to deal with her, and her classmates bully her all the time. On the day before a typhoon comes, Xiao Xiao finds out that her mother is having a relationship with her homeroom teacher…

Festivals
& Awards

Golden Horse Awards 2023
Best Leading Actress (Audrey LIN); nominated for Best Supporting Actress (CHEN Yi-Han), Best Original Screenplay, Best Visual Effects, Best Art Direction, Best Original Film Score, Best Sound Effects
Asian Film Awards 2024
nominated for Best Actress (Audrey LIN)
Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024
Competition
Udine Far East Film Festival 2024
Competition
Singapore Chinese Film Festival 2024
Chinese Panorama
Taipei Film Awards 2024
6 nominations: Best Narrative Feature, Best Leading Actress (won), Best Supporting Actress (won), Best Supporting Actor, Best Screenplay, Best Visual Effects
Melbourne Taiwan Film Festival 2024
Opening Film
New York Asian Film Festival 2024
Competition
    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • First film, Family, Drama
    • Countries
    • TAIWAN
    • Languages
    • MANDARIN, ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 103 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Chia-Hua CHIN
    • Writer(s)
    • Chia-Hua CHIN
    • Producer(s)
    • Jufeng YEH (MANDARINVISION), Eva WANG (Geppetto Film Studio)
    • Synopsis
    • Xiao Xiao is a girl who lives in her own world, isolated and bullied by her classmates at school for a gnawing secret. Even her own mother sees her as a troublemaker. Her father, who works abroad for a long time, is like a familiar yet distant stranger. Only her school teacher, Paul, seems to understand and alleviate her emotions.

      One day, during a typhoon, Xiao Xiao witnesses a
      secret between her mother and Paul. Confused, she not only has to force herself to adapt to this complicated emotional relationship, but also gradually discovers that both she and her mother have their own helplessness towards life.