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Lives of the Killers

Lives of the Killers

Country Taiwan
Director Norris WONG
Producer Estela Valdivieso CHEN, Hazel WU
Production Company Serendipity Films
Format DCP 24fps | Color | 100min
Genre Action, Crime

Synopsis

After the sudden death of their leader, the four remaining members of assassin group M — XO, Michelin, D, and Lian — go their separate ways, hoping to leave the past behind. But when a ruthless new syndicate led by Madam Jiang rises to power and tears apart the rules of the underworld, they are forced back together. To survive, they must face old wounds, test their fragile trust, and uncover the truth behind their leader’s death.

Director

Norris WONG

Norris WONG won the Best New Director award at the 39th Hong Kong Film Awards for her debut feature film My Prince Edward, which was also nominated for Best New Director at the Golden Horse Awards. Wong adapted her own work into the film The Lyricist Wannabe, which was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 60th Golden Horse Award.

Producer

Estela Valdivieso CHEN

Estela Valdivieso CHEN started her film career working on TSAI Ming-Liang and Ang LEE's Films. She founded the company in 2015, to produce innovative productions with new technology and explore the future of storytelling. She is also a managing partner of the arthouse film production company HOUSE ON FIRE, to produce quality international feature film co-productions.
Hazel WU

Hazel WU joined Serendipity in 2017. She has produced serval VR projects that were selected in the A-list film festivals, such as A Song Within Us. Her produced film project such as Lives of Crime, Grannies's Heist were selected in Busan Film Festival APM and Golden Horse Film Festival FPP program.

Production Company

Serendipity Films

Serendipity is a production company based in Taipei and Macao, with expertise in films, web/television series and immersive content production. Serendipity Films aims to create art, that fuses culture on the screen, to reflect life. With colleagues in Asia, America, and Europe, we strive to professionally and flexibly, create surprises and show creativities in multi-mediums.