Judging Wang News Today

This bare-bones, play-like production is exactly what its title advertises: a reenactment of the trial of Wang Xin-fu (王信福), 70, currently Taiwan’s oldest inmate on death row. Co-director Chang Chuan-fen (張娟芬) focuses mostly on the judicial details of the case and avoids overly relying on emotional appeal — but even from the casting choices and body language of the actors, it’s clear whose side the film is on. Chang is the chairwoman of the Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Pe...