Millennium Mambo
2001·Taiwan·101 min.
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Taipei. A voice off-camera looks back ten years to 2001, when Vicky was in an on-again off-again relationship with Hao-Hao. She's young, lovely, and aimless. He's a slacker. Cigarettes and alcohol fuel her nights. We see bits of her life: when Hao-Hao steals his father's Rolex and the police detain them; when she gets a job as a club hostess, where she meets Jack, who becomes her patron and protector; when Hao-Hao comes to the club, insisting on talking to her; when she visits Yubari, Japan, for its film festival in the dead of winter; when Jack must go to Japan to straighten out trouble caused by one of his acolytes. Does Vicky have any expectations? Does time simply pass?
DirectorHou Hsiao-Hsien
ScreenwriterChu Tien-Wen
CinematographyMark Lee
CastShu Qi·Jack Kao·Tuan Chun-Hao·Chen Yi-Hsuan·Takeuchi Jun·Doze Niu·Rio Peng·Takeuchi Ko·Hui-Ni Hsu·Pauline Chan
Original titleQianxi manpo (Millennium Mambo)