The Mimicry

Overview

This film is an adaptation of a short story of the same name, written by Kao Yi-feng. It tells the story of a green scarab beetle who has transformed into human form. As in the book, he is named "Vitamin." Vitamin surreptitiously enters people's apartments and observes and imitates human behavior. Through Vitamin's perspective as a bystander, the plot leads the audience to explore the unknown stories of various residents. However, Vitamin cannot understand the complex thoughts and desires of humans, and his short encounter with one person is fraught with doubt, conflict, and despair.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

April 29, 2023

Original language

Chinese

Spoken languages

Chinese

Countries

Taiwan

Cast

Zong-Hua Yang,Huang Pei-jia,Huang Tsai-yi,Hsu Hao-hsiang,Huang Jie-fei,Xie Zhang-ying,Hsieh Tien-ming,Yu-Ting Hsu,Jack Lee

Director

Chung Yu-Lin

Writer

Kao Yi-Feng,Chung Yu-Lin

Producer

Mark Chen,Julian Lee

Cinematography

Chen Chen-wen

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt27599051