Pierce

Pierce (2024)

刺心切骨

When his dangerous older brother is released from prison, high school fencer Jie helps him, defying their mother's attempts to bury his existence.

Date of release
2024-11-07
TMDB
7.4 / 10 (8)
Runtime
1h 49m
Genres
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Director
Nelicia Low

Casting

Interesting facts

Pierce is a 2024 psychological thriller film directed by Nelicia Low, in her debut feature. It delves into themes of sibling bonds and the ideals that are projected onto loved ones. The Singapore-Taiwan-Poland co-production film had its premiere at the 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where it received the Best Director Award.

Production

In 2014, Nelicia Low, a former competitive fencer from Singapore, conceived the story while producing her first short film in Taiwan. She was inspired by the 2014 Taipei Metro attack, in which the attacker Cheng Chieh's younger brother blindly supported him and believed he was innocent. The attacker's younger brother's blind love and support of him resonated with Low, whose brother is autistic.

After five years of writing, she completed the screenplay for Pierce during the Full Circle Lab in the Philippines and Talents Tokyo in 2020, where it received a special mention in the latter. During the workshops, Low met a Polish producer who expressed interest in the project.

Principal photography began in Taipei, Taiwan on 14 January 2022. The film is cinematographed by Michał Dymek, and shot in a precise 1:66:1 aspect ratio. The crew approached more than ten schools during location scouting but was unable to secure loans due to the COVID-19 pandemic, leading them to construct a production set for the school scenes. Filming moved to Taichung on 7 February, supported by funding from the Taichung City Government.

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