A Foggy Tale 大濛
Repositioning (in) Hong Kong Cinema
27 Sept 2026 (Sun) • 14:00 • Genesis Cinema
Taiwan | 2025 | Colour | 134’
In Cantonese, Mandarin and Taiwanese Hokkien with Chinese and English subtitles
Dir.: Chen Yu-hsun 陳玉勳
Cast: Caitlin Fang 方郁婷, Will Or 柯煒林, 9m88, Tseng Jing-hua 曾敬驊
Taiwan, 1954. The era of brutal crackdowns on political dissent known as the White Terror is at its height. When Yue (Caitlin Fang) learns her brother has been executed by the Kuomintang government, she sets out alone for Taipei to reclaim his body. On the road she narrowly escapes an abduction thanks to Kung-tao (Will Or), a foul-mouthed Cantonese rickshaw driver and war veteran with troubles of his own. He decides to help her, yet neither of them knows what Yue’s simple wish will cost.
An unlikely friendship develops between Yue and Kung-tao, but with secret police lurking around every corner, their new bond is built on thin ice. Like Hou Hsiao-hsien’s A City of Sadness, A Foggy Tale excavates this fraught chapter of Taiwanese history from a modest position, where even the smallest act of quiet defiance carries an unbearable price under state violence.
The latest release by multi-award winning filmmaker Chen Yu-hsun, the film earned 11 Golden Horse Award nominations, including a Best Leading Actor nod for Hong Kong star Will Or, and took home several wins, among them Best Narrative Film and Best Original Screenplay.
