Skip to main content

VAFF 19

The Kids

Mandarin Chinese

Directed by Sunny Yu

Nov 7: Program 6 – Centrepiece Presentation: The Kids / Taiwan / 2015 / Drama / 90 mins / Mandarin Chinese with English subtitles / Colour / North America Premiere

Watch Trailer Watch Trailer

Description

Eighth-grader Bao-Li unexpectedly comes to the rescue of Jia-Jia, a girl one grade above, and they immediately fall in love.  Bao-Li drops out of school to support Jia-Jia when she becomes pregnant with their daughter, but when he tries to buy his family a nicer home, discovers that his mother has gambled away their savings. After a heated argument, Jia-Jia admits she is fed up with the pressures of everyday life and has been having an affair with her boss at work; she leaves Bao-Li, taking their daughter with her. Hoping to win Jia-Jia back, Bao-Li starts selling drugs with his best friend A-Da to make money—and soon realizes his difficulties are just beginning.

Previous Screening / Awards:

Taipei Film Festival 2015

Director's Bio

Sunny Yu was born in 1985 in Taipei. In 2007, she earned a degree in Mass Communications from Tamkang University, with the goal of working in the film industry. Soon after graduation, Sunny began apprenticing at Zhang Zuo-ji’s Film Studio, where she worked as a script supervisor, project coordinator, and sales representative for distribution. In 2009, she began working full-time in film production, starting as a script supervisor and becoming an assistant director to gain a range of on-set and creative experiences. In 2013, Sunny began writing her own screenplays. In 2015, she directed her first feature film, “The Kids.”

Credits

Producer: Arvin Chen
Writer: Sunny Yu

Preceded By

  1. Keiko

    Santiago Fabregas / Nov 7: Program 6 – Centrepiece Presentation: The Kids / Mexico / 2014 / Comedy, Family / 9 mins
    Keiko and Ryota travel to Mexico City to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary with their only son Yusuke, who turns out to be too busy to spend time with them.

    Precedes: The Kids

  2. Watch Trailer Watch Trailer

    Quyen

    Lucretia Stinnette / Nov 7: Program 6 – Centrepiece Presentation: The Kids / South Korea, USA / 2014 / Drama / 18 mins
    Having just arrived to South Korea, Quyen attempts to adapt to her unfamiliar surroundings as gracefully as she can.

    Precedes: The Kids