Lou Yi-an’s Goddamned Asura begins with chilling smartphone footage of an expressionless young man opening fire on a busy night market.
In a surprising move, it immediately rewinds to the events leading up to the shooting, introducing a core group of characters whose lives will be changed by it.
Even more unexpected, though, is the film’s third act, which essentially posits a Sliding Doors-style “What if?” hypothesis.
Although the killer and his story are fictional, the story has its roots in recent events in Taiwan, as Lou explained at Deadline’s Contenders Film: International award-season event. RELATED: The Contenders International – Deadline’s Full Coverage “In 2014,” he said, “there was an incident where a guy conducted random killings on the M.R.T. [Taipei’s public transport system].
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