Girl is the feature film debut of Taiwanese actress Shu Qi, who is considered one of the country's biggest stars. After 30 years in the film industry, she was encouraged to undertake film-making after she served on the jury of the 80th Venice International Film Festival in 2023, where she enjoyed films made by new directors. She also cited Taiwanese filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien as a major influence on Girl; Hou cast Shu Qi in leading roles in his films Millennium Mambo (2001), Three Times (2005) and The Assassin (2015). She has said that Girl would never have been made if not for Hou.[4]
In addition to the two child actresses, Taiwanese actors Roy Chiu and Bai Xiao-Ying as well as singer 9m88 joined the cast of Girl.[5][4] Filming ended in autumn of 2024.[6]
The film was produced by Yeh Jufeng.[3] The companies CMC Entertainment, Wow Momentum, J.Q. Pictures and Aranya Pictures contributed financially to the project.[7] Mandarin Vision holds the sales rights for Asia. Paris-based Goodfellas is handling international sales outside of Asia.[3]
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