Nina Wu (2019): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2019, Nina Wu is a thriller, drama and mystery film directed by Midi Z, running about 102 minutes.

What it’s about. Nina Wu, a girl who leaves small theatre company in the country for the big city in pursuit of her actress dream. The wait seems to be endless, as she lives a lonely and repressed life combined with hereditary condition, she suffers from minor depression. One day, she gets a role as a heroine in a 70s espionage film. Having decided to devote herself completely to the character, she did everything she could to get the role and she did succeed. When she finally welcomes her long anticipation of fame, series of unfortunate events and threats start to haunt her. Having to struggle her way through gender and sexuality equality, can Nina, like many other minor individual fight against the odds in life and stand undefeated? Or is it just real life that no one can escape from endless hardships?

Who’s in it. Nina Wu stars Wu Ke-Xi as Nina Wu, Vivian Sung as Kiki, Hsia Yu-chiao as Girl no.3 and Ming-Shuai Shih as Director, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 7.0/10, Nina Wu has been warmly received by audiences.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on Film Movement Plus and Film Movement Plus Amazon Channel and rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies and YouTube. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Nina Wu page.

If you liked it. Fans of Nina Wu tend to enjoy The Dark Knight, Pulp Fiction, Parasite and Fight Club.