The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful (2017)

Original title

血觀音

Directed by

Yang Ya-che

Genre

drama film, crime film, mystery film

Country

Taiwan

Runtime

1h 52m

Rated

IIB

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 91 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy family in 1980s Taiwan gets tangled in political corruption and murder. The matriarch and her two daughters use their connections and cunning to protect their status.

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What happens

The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful (Chinese: 血觀音; pinyin: Xuè guānyīn; Bloody Guanyin) is a 2017 Taiwanese crime drama film written and directed by Yang Ya-che, set in Taiwan in the 1980s. The film stars Kara Wai, Wu Ke-xi and Vicky Chen. It premiered on October 15, 2017, at the 22nd Busan International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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