The Mysterious Family (Chinese: 神秘家族; also known as The Mysteries Family) is a 2017 Chinese suspense film written and directed by Park Yu-hwan. The film was inspired by a homicide case that occurred in Fujian, in 2014.[4][5] The film stars Ariel Lin, Jiang Wu, Kara Hui, Chen Xiao and Lan Cheng-lung.[6][7]
| The Mysterious Family | |
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| Directed by | Park Yu-hwan |
| Written by | Park Yu-hwan |
| Produced by | Pan Shuling |
| Starring | Ariel Lin Jiang Wu Kara Hui Chen Xiao Lan Cheng-lung |
Production company | Hengye Pictures |
| Distributed by | Hengye Pictures |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | China |
| Language | Mandarin |
| Box office | US$2.2 million (China)[1][2] NT$9.9 million (Taiwan)[3] |
Premise
editThe Mysterious Family revolves around Miao Miao, a young woman whose life and mental state changes after surviving a brutal attack by a stranger. While trying to come to terms with her trauma, she has a presentiment of a tragic event, and has to race against time in an attempt to find the truth and change the course of events.
Cast
edit- Ariel Lin as Miao Miao
- Jiang Wu as Father
- Kara Hui as Mother
- Chen Xiao as Shu Shu
- Lan Cheng-lung as The stranger
- An Hu as Police officer
- Chang Hsiu-yun as Granny
- Jackson Lou as Police officer
- Kuo Yao-ren as Police officer
- Wang Dao-nan as Doctor
- Ma Guo-bi as Lawyer
- Mathilde Lin as Student
- Chen Wan-hao as Taxi driver
Reception
editThe Straits Times's Boon Chan, in an article about subtitling in film, highlighted an "emotionally charged" scene in the film that caught his attention. When the mother was confronting her daughter's rapist, the English subtitles went, "You have the nuts to do it, why not have the balls to admit it?" when it should have been translated as "You had the guts to do it, why don't you have the guts to admit it?" He also remarked that "Mixing nuts and balls is clearly a case of a subtitler gone rogue."[8]
References
edit- ^ "The Mysteries Family". boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ "神秘家族-票房收入-台灣偶像劇場". tw.dorama.info. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ "TFI-國家電影中心 Taiwan Film Institute - 電影票房資訊-每月票房公告". Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
- ^ "Film Review: 'The Mysterious Family' (Hong Kong, 2017) | East Winds Film Festival". eastwindsfilmfest.com. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ "This movie is based on one of China's worst homicide cases - Star2.com". star2.com. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ "神秘家族 The Mysterious Family - 電影". movie.gamme.com.tw. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ "Trailer: 'The Mysterious Family' - Far East Films". fareastfilms.com. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ "Subtitles should be seen, not 'heard'". 3 May 2017.
External links
edit- The Mysterious Family at IMDb
- The Mysterious Family at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
- The Mysterious Family at Douban (in Chinese)
- The Mysterious Family at Mtime.com (archived) (in Chinese)