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Partners in Crime
When a schoolgirl takes a swan dive off her balcony, she hits the street at the feet of three classmates who are total strangers. Convinced that there's more to her suicide than meets the eye, these kids team up Veronica Mars-style to investigate her suicide. But instead of being a whodunit, the bottom falls out, one death leads to another, and life becomes a nightmare. Shot through with sudden flashes of light, set in a high school inexplicably located in the middle of a steaming jungle, Partners in Crime is what would happen if David Lynch directed River's Edge. Much more than the sum of its parts, the mystery at the heart of this story isn't why did a kid kill herself, but why do we all feel so alone even when we're in a crowd.
Director: Chang Jung-chi
Cast: Yao Ai-ning, Cheng Kai-yuan, Teng Yu-kai, Wu Chien-ho
Languages: Mandarin with English subtitles
2014; 88 min.; DCP