Death in Montmartre

2017

52m

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Overview

In 1995, the young Taiwanese woman writer Qiu Miaojin committed suicide in Paris's Montmartre district, leaving behind the autobiographical novel LAST WORDS IN MONTMARTRE. Two decades later, the novel was published in English by the prestigious New York Review Books, bringing Qiu renown in Western literary circles and quickly prompting translations into other European languages. Qiu is considered the first openly lesbian novelist in the history of Chinese literature; her debut novel, NOTES OF A CROCODILE, became a "Bible" for the Taiwanese lesbian community and an underground classic in Taiwan and Hong Kong, with an official edition finally published in 2012. DEATH IN MONTMARTRE travels through Taiwan, Paris, and New York to trace the life of this literary star who enjoyed fame only after her death, interviewing literary masters from Taiwan, France, and the U.S. while discussing LGBTQ culture and lesbian literature from a perspective of equality.

Status: Released

Language: ZH

Production Information

Production Companies

Radio Television Hong Kong Riverdrive Productions

Production Countries

Hong Kong

Spoken Languages

Mandarin

Quick Facts

Original Title	蒙馬特 • 女書
Release Date	January 15, 2017
Status	Released
Language	ZH

Cast

Key Crew

Evans Chan

Director

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