Ghosted
– A woman who is mourning the love of her life falls into a relationship with a mysterious stranger...
A woman who is mourning the love of her life falls into a relationship with a mysterious stranger.
31 Jul 2009
English, German, Mandarin
Monika Treut
Astrid Ströher (screenplay), Monika Treut (screenplay)
Inga Busch, Huan-Ru Ke, Ting Ting Hu, Jana Schulz
A mysterious love story between Hamburg and Taipeh. The unsolved murder of her young Taiwanese lover Ai-ling leaves the Hamburg artist Sophie Schmitt completely disoriented. She dedicates a video-installation to her and shows it in Taipei. During the opening she is approached by a mysterious journalist. Sophie is fascinated at first glance by Mei-li, the young journalist. Mei-li takes her to visit the famous Taipei night markets and tries to seduce the artist. Sophie, still mourning her lost lover, rejects Mei-li and returns immediately to Hamburg. Shortly afterwords Mei-li shows up on her doorstep, unannounced. Sophie takes her in and finally falls for her. But soon she realizes that her new lover is secretly investigating Ai-ling's death. Strange happenings occur, sudden flashes of recollection come and go, and then Sophie finds out that there is no Mei-Li working for a Taiwanese newspaper and that no one by that name ever entered Germany. Who is the mysterious Taiwanese woman?
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