Ghosted (2009)

Synopsis: Fresh from playing America’s most prestigious gay and lesbian film festivals, Monika Treut’s Ghosted marks a return to narrative filmmaking for the director after nearly a decade of documentary... Fresh from playing America’s most prestigious gay and lesbian film festivals, Monika Treut’s Ghosted marks a return to narrative filmmaking for the director after nearly a decade of documentary work.

Shot beautifully in both Hamburg and Taipei, Ghosted is a mysterious love story centered around Hamburg artist Sophie Schmitt (Inga Busch), who is trying to come to terms with the murder of her young Taiwanese lover, Ai-ling (Huan-Ru Ke). To ease her pain, Sophie creates a video installation dedicated to Ai-ling and takes the exhibit to Taipei, where she meets the ambitious, seductive journalist Mei-li (Ting-Ting Hu). Intrigued at first but still in grief over Ai-ling, Sophie rejects Mei-li’s attempts at seduction and returns immediately to Hamburg.

When Mei-li suddenly turns up on her Hamburg doorstep, Sophie can no longer deny her attraction and risks opening up her heart once more. But soon Sophie begins to suspect that the beautiful and mysterious Mei-li is not all that she seems.

Monika Treut has written, directed and produced award-winning independent features and documentaries that have screened at film festivals all over the world and enjoy international distribution. Retrospectives have been held in Mexico City, Sao Paolo, Taipei, Toronto, Cambridge, Helsinki, Hamburg, Thessaloniki, Los Angeles and Lisbon. Treut's first feature, co-directed with Elfi Mikesch, was the controversial Seduction: The Cruel Woman (1985), which since has become a cult classic. Other films include The Virgin Machine, My Father is Coming, Female Misbehavior, Didn’t Do It For Love, Gendernauts, Warrior of Light and Tigerwomen Grow Wings. Since 1990, Treut also has been teaching and lecturing at colleges (Vassar, Hollins, and Dartmouth), art institutes (SFAI) and universities (UI Chicago, UC San Diego and Cornell) in the United States. She founded Hyena Films, a film production company, in Hamburg in 1992. --© First Run Features [More]

Starring: Inga Busch, Huan-Ru Ke, Ting-Ting Hu

Starring: Inga Busch, Huan-Ru Ke, Ting-Ting Hu

Director: Monika Treut

Director: Monika Treut
Screenwriter: Astrid Ströher, Monika Treut
Studio: First Run Features

[See More Credits]