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He liu (1997) 7.4
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7.4/10 from 1,656 users
Metascore: 55/100
Reviews: 21 user | 22 critic | 8 from Metacritic.com In Taiwan, Xiao-kang, a young man in his early 20s, lives with his parents in near silence. He is plagued by severe neck pain. His father is bedeviled by water first leaking into his ... See full summary » Director:Ming-liang Tsai |
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Kang-sheng Lee | ... |
Kang-Sheng, Xiao-Kang
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Yi-Ching Lu | ... |
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Chao-jung Chen | ... |
Anonymous Man
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Shiao-Lin Lu | ... |
Mother's lover
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In Taiwan, Xiao-kang, a young man in his early 20s, lives with his parents in near silence. He is plagued by severe neck pain. His father is bedeviled by water first leaking into his bedroom and then flooding the apartment; rain is incessant. Xiao-kang's mother is overcome by sexual longing for her son, sometimes making seemingly incestuous overtures. They try virtually every intervention for Xiao-kang's neck: Western medicine, a chiropractor, acupuncture, an herbal doctor, and a faith healer, Master Liu. Are the family's silent dynamics and Xiao-kang's neck pain connected? And what about the body floating in the Tamsui River: is everything dead? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Country:
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MandarinRelease Date:
7 August 1997 (Taiwan) See more »Also Known As:
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I have seen three of his movies, and i always got out of the theatre not knowing what to think of it. It is always well films and directed, but the themes he treats are so peculiar.. Once again, the plot is here that of a strange illness, a heavy neckache, that will start everything else. It seems that the boy got it from a polluted river where he shot a scene for a film, but who knows ? it may as well have no origin. But this will lead us into the life of a family, where communication isn't the best. Uncommunicability, strange illness and behavior, leaking roofs, seem to be Ming-liang's obsessions.