Min-hsiu is a mortuary cosmetologist, facing quiet corpses is her daily routine. Because of the job, Min-hisu is familiar with death as a part of her... More

Min-hsiu is a mortuary cosmetologist, facing quiet corpses is her daily routine. Because of the job, Min-hisu is familiar with death as a part of her life until accidentally spotting a female body in the mortuary’s room. The dead body is her high school teacher Miss Chen Ting. At this time, she has to discover a brand new definition of death. Nie Cheng-fu, Chen Ting’s husband, is a psychologist who obviously has a profound love on his wife. He was expecting that he could find more memories about his wife’s past life through Min-hsiu. Just then, a detective, Kuo Yung-ming senses that the truth behind this case may not be so simple as it seems at first, so he wants to find evidence that implicates Cheng-fu, in order to convince his superiors to authorize reinvestigating the case. When Yung-ming found out Min-hsiu was responsible for making-up Chen Ting’s corpse, he convinced Min-hsiu to work with him to secretly investigate Cheng-fu. Yung-ming’s interjection into the midst of Min-hsiu and Cheng-fu resulted in their relationship changing. During the investigation, Min-hsiu starts to know more about Cheng-fu and recalls memory about Chen Ting’s past; surprises about Chen Ting’s departing, and indirectly touches upon an oddly predestined trilateral relationship that revealed the ugly truths which they hardly face to. Death is not the end of her life, but a beginning of it… There are many highly acclaimed Taiwanese young actors in「Make-up」, including Nikki Hsieh, Matt Wu and Ray Chang, their remarkable performances are unlike previous movies. The movie spotlights one of the top models in Taiwan, Sonia Sui, made her debut in this film. The movie was beautifully combined with high contrast of light and shadow, creating impressive cinematic style and deep suspense to the story. 「Make-up」 presents a great diversity of Taiwan cinema.  Close