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Girls on Wire

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Cousins Tian Tian and Fang Di were raised like sisters until family struggles pushed them apart. Fang Di moves away to work as a stuntwoman in China's largest film studios to clear her family's debts. Tian Tian remains behind, forced to deal with her father's addiction, and falls prey to the local mafia. Forced to escape to the big city, Tian Tian seeks out her cousin. Thrown together against their will and followed by the mob, they will need to combine their strength and resilience to escape a dramatic fate that threatens to consume them both.

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Kate Erbland IndieWire Haocun and Qi’s acting varies, but when the stars are tasked with more physical work, they shine. More emotional scenes, however, feel hammy and didactic, heavy on the telling over the showing. Rated: B- Feb 20, 2025 Full Review Lovia Gyarkye The Hollywood Reporter The stronger elements of Girls on Wire -- especially how Qu renders the emotional and psychic costs of freedom -- make one curious to see what the filmmaker does next. Feb 19, 2025 Full Review Peter Debruge Variety Don’t be fooled. None of the acting in “Girls on Wire” is too good. Still, it does the job, driving the melodrama forward. Feb 19, 2025 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Inane but enticing crime melodrama. Rated: C+ Feb 23, 2025 Full Review Clarence Tsui South China Morning Post Trading in tropes drawn from family melodramas, film noir and martial arts movies, Girls on Wire is inconsistent in tone and convoluted in its storytelling. [It is] more a blend of incoherent ideas than an inventive genre mash-up. Rated: 3/5 Feb 20, 2025 Full Review Damon Wise Deadline Hollywood Daily There’s a lot to keep up in the air here, with or without wires, and Qu’s film doesn’t quite fly... There is something substantial at its heart, however, and the subtext of Girls on Wire is more powerful than what passes as the plot. Feb 18, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Vivian Qu

Director

Haocun Liu

Tian Tian

Wen Qi

Fang Di

Youhao Zhang

Ming

You Zhou

Tian Tian's Dad

Peng Jing

Fang Di's Mother
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Movie Info

Synopsis Cousins Tian Tian and Fang Di were raised like sisters until family struggles pushed them apart. Fang Di moves away to work as a stuntwoman in China's largest film studios to clear her family's debts. Tian Tian remains behind, forced to deal with her father's addiction, and falls prey to the local mafia. Forced to escape to the big city, Tian Tian seeks out her cousin. Thrown together against their will and followed by the mob, they will need to combine their strength and resilience to escape a dramatic fate that threatens to consume them both.
Director
Vivian Qu
Producer
Sean Chen, Qin Hong, Xu Jiahan
Screenwriter
Vivian Qu
Production Co
L'Avventura Films, J.Q. Spring Pictures
Genre
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
Chinese
Runtime
1h 55m