Alifu, the Prince/ss

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Alifu, the Prince/ss
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Theatrical release poster
Chinese 阿莉芙
Mandarin Ā lì fú
Directed byWang Yu-lin
Written byWang Yu-lin
Hsu Hua-chien
Juliana Hsu
Hua Bai-rong
Chen Hui-ling
Produced byGene Yao
Liu Ji-gang
StarringUtjung Tjakivalid
CinematographyWang Pan-yun
Edited byHong Dong-ren
Chang Yi-nian
Music byBlaire Ko
Production
company
Magnifique Creative Media Production
Distributed bySwallow Wings Films
Release dates
  • October 26, 2017 (2017-10-26)(TIFF)
  • October 27, 2017 (2017-10-27)(Taiwan)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryTaiwan
Languages Taiwanese
Mandarin
Paiwan
Budget NT$20 million [1]
Box office NT$600,000 (Taipei) [2]
Premier interview at Tokyo International Film Festival Alifu at Tokyo international Film Festival - October 26 2017.jpg
Premier interview at Tokyo International Film Festival

Alifu, the Prince/ss is a 2017 Taiwanese drama film directed by Wang Yu-lin. It premiered at the 30th Tokyo International Film Festival. [3]

Contents

Premise

In one of three stories in the film, Alifu is a 25-year-old man who works at a salon in the city. However, as the only son of the chief of the Paiwan, he is torn between realizing his dream of becoming a woman and inheriting the chief position handed down by his father. [4]

Cast

Awards and nominations

AwardCategoryRecipientsResultRef.
20th Taipei Film Awards Best New TalentUtjung TjakivalidWon
54th Golden Horse Awards Best Supporting Actor Bamboo Chen Won [5]
Best Original Screenplay Wang Yu-lin, Hsu Hua-chien, Hua Bai-rong,
Juliana Hsu and Chen Hui-ling
Nominated

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