In 1995, the young Taiwanese woman writer Qiu Miaojin committed suicide in Paris’s Montmartre district, leaving behind the autobiographical novel LAST WORDS IN MONTMARTRE. Two decades later, the novel was published in English by the prestigious New York Review Books, bringing Qiu renown in Western literary circles and quickly prompting translations into other European languages. Qiu is considered the first openly lesbian novelist in the history of Chinese literature; her debut novel, NOTES OF A CROCODILE, became a “Bible” for the Taiwanese lesbian community and an underground classic in Taiwan and Hong Kong, with an official edition finally published in 2012. DEATH IN MONTMARTRE travels through Taiwan, Paris, and New York to trace the life of this literary star who enjoyed fame only after her death, interviewing literary masters from Taiwan, France, and the U.S. while discussing LGBTQ culture and lesbian literature from a perspective of equality.
女记者(叶德娴 饰)受托跟踪采访一个忠实于精神病患者救助事业的社会工作者(冯淬帆 饰),二十多年来他一直与街头流浪汉打交道,旨在引导他们走向康复,但他的行为得不到人们的响应。女记者亲眼目睹了他对垃圾佬(周润发 饰)、终日游荡在菜市场的癫仔(梁朝伟 饰)与康复的患者(秦沛 饰)的关怀 与他们辛酸的故事。康复患者其实有间歇性发作精神病,受到生活中重重压迫后,想念儿子的他持刀闯入幼儿园酿成血案......