"Candy Rain" tells four intimate, lyrical stories of women in love with women in contemporary Taipei. Having broken up with her boyfriend and quarreled with her family, Jessie decided to restart her life in Taipei. Her high school friend and secret admirer-Pon, told her, "I'll take care of you." U is an Aries. She protects herself well. She has been looking for the ideal love, but she doesn't know where it is. Spancer is in love with Summer, who is getting married. Before saying goodbye, they promise a reunion in 10 years' time. Ricky's relationships are always filled with violence. Like fireworks, magnificent but short. For Ricky, It's a vicious cycle. Some people are happy together. Some people are happier when they are not together. Some people are unhappy because they can't be together. And some will never be happy even if they are together. ~~ Based on true stories. Edit Translation
- English
- magyar / magyar nyelv
- dansk
- Norsk
- Native Title: 花吃了那女孩
- Also Known As: Aiqing Tang Guo Yu , Hua Chi Le Na Nu Hai
- Screenwriter & Director: Chen Hung I
- Genres: Romance, Drama
Cast & Credits
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![Karena Lam in Candy Rain Taiwanese Movie]( "Karena Lam in Candy Rain Taiwanese Movie")
Karena LamRickyMain Role -
![Cyndi Wang in Candy Rain Taiwanese Movie]( "Cyndi Wang in Candy Rain Taiwanese Movie")
Cyndi Wang[Ricky's girlfriend]Main Role -
![Sandrine Pinna in Candy Rain Taiwanese Movie]( "Sandrine Pinna in Candy Rain Taiwanese Movie")
Sandrine PinnaUSupport Role -
![Morning Mo in Candy Rain Taiwanese Movie]( "Morning Mo in Candy Rain Taiwanese Movie")
Morning MoSummer's HusbandSupport Role -
![Waa Wei in Candy Rain Taiwanese Movie]( "Waa Wei in Candy Rain Taiwanese Movie")
Waa WeiLin MingUnknown
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Reviews
Letterboxd reviewers can be quite cynical on gay indie films, while MDL tends to be more generous. But for lesbian indie, it's quite the opposite on both sites.
It's a good indie film, telling 4 short stories, each showing different aspects of relationships between women. The first three are somewhat similar in tone but with distinctive stylisation. From mainstream US-centric reviews, it seems many watched it very superficially, even the fourth which looks at women who seek out dysfunctional, toxic relationships. The tone shift in that was jarring at first with its violence, cartoonish but still disturbing. It doesn't excuse that behaviour, but it does offer compassion for the women caught up in it, those who will never let themselves be happy because they're convinced they don't deserve it.
Together, the four stories ask the question What do you need to be happy, and what's standing in the way of that? A mismatch, society, yourself?
