The Fourth Portrait

The Fourth Portrait (2010)

第四張畫

Ten year-old Xiang faces a lonely future after his father dies. Just when he thinks he's going to spend his life in the orphanage, his estranged mother shows up. And his life changes forever... A loveless mother, a hateful stepfather, a chilly home. Where's Xiang heading to? He finds comfort in drawing and his work reveals his longing for care and affection. Life is full of hope again when he meets the old school janitor who doesn't show his kindness easily and a portly man who has crazy ideas and is haunted with nightmares of his brother. A scary truth is about to be unmasked. Will Xiang be able to depict his own image in the fourth portrait?

Date of release
2010-10-22
TMDB
6.6 / 10 (15)
Runtime
1h 45m
Genres
Drama
Director
Chung Mong-hong

Casting

Interesting facts

The Fourth Portrait, released in 2010, is Taiwanese director Chung Mong-hong's second feature film, following his critically acclaimed Parking (2008). The screenplay was co-written by Chung Mong-hong himself and Tu Hsiang-wen. With its narrative revolving around the child protagonist, Xiao Xiang, portrayed by the then eleven-year-old actor Bi Xiao-Hai, the film draws inspiration from Chung's documentary film The Doctor from 2006. Specifically, the young boy, Wan Yu-Ho depicted in The Doctor, tragically ended his life in his closet at a young age.

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