The Mimicry (2023)
This film is an adaptation of a short story of the same name, written by Kao Yi-feng. It tells the story of a green scarab beetle who has transformed into human form. As in the book, he is named "Vitamin." Vitamin surreptitiously enters people's apartments and observes and imitates human behavior. Through Vitamin's perspective as a bystander, the plot leads the audience to explore the unknown stories of various residents. However, Vitamin cannot understand the complex thoughts and desires of humans, and his short encounter with one person is fraught with doubt, conflict, and despair.
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Cast
Xie Zhang-ying
as Vitamin
Huang Pei-jia
as Molly Lin
Huang Peijia is a Taiwanese actress. She won the Best Leading Actress in a Television Series award at the 2018 Golden Bell Awards for her role in "Roseki"..
Hsu Hao-hsiang
as Choreographer
Jack Lee
as Chi-Wen Lee
Huang Jie-fei
as Show-Yu Chen
Jie-Fei Huang is a Taiwanese stage, television and film actress. She holds an MA in Theatre Studies from the Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan..
Huang Tsai-yi
as Molly's mother
Director
Chung Yu-Lin