Spider Lilies
Ci qing
Taiwan
2007
94 Min
Color
1.85:1
Mandarin, Taiwanese
When Jade, a web-cam girl visits Takeko’s tattoo studio she becomes entranced with the image of the spider lily and with Takeko as well. In order to get closer to the object of her desire, Jade asks Takeko to give her the same lily tattoo, challenging Takeko’s monastic existence and opening up memories which threaten to tear the two women apart.
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It’s well known that the road to hell is paved with good intentions, but fewer know it’s lined with spider lilies too. The poisonous flowers are said to sap memory, so they’re a perfect foil for this… read review