Chinese filmmaker Guan Tian and producer Vivian Bao are presenting Guan’s debut feature “ The Daughter ,” a thriller co-produced by Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, and France, at Busan’s Asian Project Market .
This original project was inspired during the production process of Guan’s Venice-selected short film “The Poison Cat,” a mythical thriller about female revenge. The spine of the story – the bond between two generations – is inspired by Guan’s mother and grandmother. Through the film, Guan wants to explore the intergenerational bond that contains struggles and pain.
“The Daughter” tells the story of Gui, a sixteen-year-old who is forced into pregnancy as her mother Yishui is infertile, struggles to battle the evil spirit she conceives. As more and more eerie changes take place, all p