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The Painting of Evil

The Painting of Evil

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 18, 2020

Runtime

1h 23m

Original Title

惡之畫

Production Companies

Outland Film Production, Positivity Films

Director

Yung-Chi Chen

Description

Specialized in abstract art, Hsu Pao-Ching is a middle-aged painter who struggles in his career. By chance, he begins giving at art lessons in a prison, where he discovers that Chou Chang-Ting, one of the inmates, has great talent for painting. He holds am exhibition of Chou’s works, however as Chou committed random attacks and killed several people, a protest is staged against it. In the end, Hsu gets hurt and the exhibition is withdrawn. Hsu cannot understand why the public cannot appreciate art without prejudice and decides to approach the victims’ family. Moreover, Hsu goes to Chou’s old family home in search of the inspiration for Chou’s paintings.