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Let It Be (2005)
Origin Taiwan
Genres Documentary
Themes Environmental films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about environmental issues
This documentary records the lives of several old farmers (peasants) in Chheⁿ-liâu Village, Āu-piah (i.e., Houbi Township), Tainan County (now part of Tainan City). It generated discussion and debate in the Taiwanese civil society about the impact on agriculture due to its membership in the World Trade Organization.
Blue Cha Cha (2005)
Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism
Actors Tarcy Su, Leon Dai, Lu Yi-Ching, Yang Kuei-Mei
À sa sortie de prison, Ah Yu rencontre deux hommes puis retrouve une amie plus âgée qui tient un bar. Un jour elles voient sur le quai un spectacle de marionnettes. Lao-Yao, le marionnettiste, souffre d'autisme.
The Wayward Cloud (2005)
, 1h54Directed by Tsai Ming-liang
Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about pornography, Musical films
Actors Lee Kang-sheng, Chen Shiang-chyi, Lu Yi-Ching, Yang Kuei-Mei
There is a water shortage in Taiwan, and television programs are teaching various water-saving methods and encouraging the drinking of watermelon juice in place of water.
One Stone and Two Birds (2005)
, 1h50Origin Taiwan
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action
Actors Eric Tsang, Ng Man-tat, Wang Gang
During the reign of Emperor Jia Jing of the Ming Dynasty, the evil court official Yan Song relies on the emperor favoritism towards him, becoming overbearing and domineering. An honest official Zhang Ying Long impeaches Yan Song w/ a "Ten Cimes Five Deceits" against him. But instead he gets flogged 30 times, and banished to a far off frontier Guizhou.
The Heirloom (2005)
, 1h37Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama, Horror
Actors Lu Yi-Ching
This script must be run from the command line
20 30 40 (2004)
Directed by Sylvia Chang
Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Rene Liu, Angelica Lee, Sylvia Chang, Kate Yeung, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Anthony Wong
The movie is telling the stories of three women aged 20, 30 and 40, and shows what women want in different stages of their lives.
Love of May (2004)
, 1h45Origin Taiwan
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Liu Yifei, Chen Bo-Lin, Tien Feng
Xuan, une jeune étudiante de 17 ans à l'Opéra de Pékin, est fan du groupe de rock Mayday. Elle rencontre Alei, un adolescent responsable de la maintenance du site Internet du groupe Mayday et établit avec lui une amitié virtuelle.
Formula 17 (2004)
, 1h33Origin Taiwan
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Duncan Chow
Naive country bumpkin Chou T'ien Tsai goes to Taipei to meet an internet friend face-to-face. Being a romantic, and believing in 'true love' (he even has a book called Love Is A Kind Of Faith), he is sorely disappointed when his internet friend, Kevin, suggests they have sex with no love. T'ien instead goes to a bar and runs into his ex-classmate Yu and Yu's friend CC. In the same bar, he encounters the 'Number One Playboy' Bai Tieh Nan, who is notorious for one night stands. Despite professing his dislike for 'men who play with love', T'ien can't help but be drawn to Bai.
Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003)
, 1h22Directed by Tsai Ming-liang
Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Lee Kang-sheng, Chen Shiang-chyi, Chen Chao-jung, Yang Kuei-Mei
Goodbye, Dragon Inn is set in the approximately ninety minutes of the last feature at an old Taipei cinema that is closing down, showing King Hu's 1967 sword-fighting classic Dragon Inn. Only a few people are present in the cinema, and a variety of subplots are developed around them. Throughout the film, the ticket woman tries to find the projectionist, searching for him in order to present him with a steamed bun. She wears an iron brace on her leg. She walks around the theater throughout the film, struggling up and down stairs. A young Japanese tourist wanders around the cinema in search of a homosexual encounter. An older man tells him that the cinema is haunted. An old man, who was one of the actors who appeared in the original Dragon Inn, watches the film with tears in his eyes. Outside the theater, he encounters an older man who had been watching the film with his grandson; this man also starred in the original film.
The Skywalk Is Gone (2002)
, 25minutesDirected by Tsai Ming-liang
Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Lee Kang-sheng, Chen Shiang-chyi, Lu Yi-Ching
Shiang-chyi has returned to Taipei from her trip to Paris. She goes to the skywalk where she first met Hsiao-kang, the salesman who sold her a watch, but some construction has taken place and the skywalk is gone. She stares at a large video screen for a while and then wanders around aimlessly. After crossing a street illegally, she is stopped by a police officer, who checks her ID card. Shiang-chyi then stops at a coffee shop for a short while. She realizes that her card is missing, so she goes back to the officer to ask if he still has it. He replies that he does not.
Double Vision (2002)
, 1h52Directed by Chen Kuo-Fu
Origin Taiwan
Genres Thriller, Martial arts, Action, Horror, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Tony Leung Ka-fai, David Morse, Rene Liu, Yang Kuei-Mei, Leon Dai, Brett Climo
Police detective Huang Huo-tu, a Waisheng ren (Mainland Chinese) in Taiwan, has been relegated to a mundane job as a Foreign Affairs Officer as punishment for blowing the whistle on corruption in the force, and his colleagues have turned their backs on him. His young daughter is left traumatized after being taken hostage in a gun battle, and his wife Ching-fang is filing for divorce. Huang is on the verge of a severe nervous breakdown.
Blue Gate Crossing (2002)
, 1h24Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Kwai Lun-mei, Chen Bo-Lin, Yao Yuanhao
La rencontre et les premiers émois amoureux entre Kerou, une lycéenne de 17 ans, et de Shihao, un champion de natation.
What Time Is It There? (2001)
, 1h56Directed by Tsai Ming-liang
Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Lee Kang-sheng, Chen Shiang-chyi, Lu Yi-Ching, Cecilia Yip, Chen Chao-jung, Jean-Pierre Léaud
The film tells two parallel stories, one about the life of a street vendor (Lee) following the death of his father; the other about a woman he meets briefly (Chen) as she heads off on a trip of uncertain duration to Paris. Lee's character, who sells watches on the streets of Taipei, sells his own watch to Chen and then finds himself overcome by a desire to set every clock he sees to Paris time.
Millennium Mambo (2001)
, 1h59Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien
Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Shu Qi, Jack Kao, Doze Niu, Pauline Chan
The main character, Vicky, portrayed by actress Shu Qi narrates from 2011 about her life 10 years earlier. She describes her youth and story of her changing life at the beginning of the new millennium. She works as a hostess in a trendy bar. Vicky is torn between two men, Hao-Hao and Jack, and her journeys display the parallel journey of the psyche and how one girl deals with her fleeting youth.