The Painting of Evil

(2020)

★ 6.9 IMDb · 23 votes

Year: 2020

Runtime: 83 мин

Country: Taiwan

Director: 陳永錤

Cast: 東明相, 黃河, 劉品言, 王真琳, 林志謙, Хэ Юй Тянь, 洪都拉斯, 劉長灝, 樓一安, 王明台

Plot

Specialized in abstract art, Hsu Pao-Ching is a middle-aged painter who struggles in his career. By chance, he begins giving at art lessons in a prison, where he discovers that Chou Chang-Ting, one of the inmates, has great talent for painting. He holds am exhibition of Chou’s works, however as Chou committed random attacks and killed several people, a protest is staged against it. In the end, Hsu gets hurt and the exhibition is withdrawn. Hsu cannot understand why the public cannot appreciate art without prejudice and decides to approach the victims’ family. Moreover, Hsu goes to Chou’s old family home in search of the inspiration for Chou’s paintings.