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As We Like It
Huāxiàole nà nǚhái

Director(s): Chen Hung-I, Wei Ying-Chuan (Muni Wei)TW107 min.2021
80%(one rating)
CategoriesL, fiction
Accessibilitynot suitable for minors under 15 years of age
LanguagesChinese (orig.)
SubtitlesEnglish, slovak
Black and white / colourcolor

Film is an adaptation of Shakespeare's play As you like it. And as the world-play suggests, this Taiwanese adaptation takes the source with charm, wit and playfulness. It is an answer to the period tradition when only men could walk the stages and comes with a women-only cast. On top, it is not shy and knows how to play out all those queer nuances of the master's work.

Set in an internet-free neighbourhood in the bustling metropolis of Taipei, this colourful, energetic film about love's labour not-lost follows Orlando and Rosalind and three other potential couples in their search for one another. Fairy-tale settings, magical meetings, cryptic messages, but also fights, kidnappings and family feuds. The film upends the binary world, making it a loving spectacle with plenty of music and doll-like design.

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Projection of As We Like It at SLOVAK QUEER FILM FESTIVAL 2022
Contemporary Cinema
15:50
26. Nov
Film was already screened
* Program subject to change