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Overview

User Rating:
7.6/10   1,233 votes
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Director:
Ming-liang Tsai
Writers:
Ming-liang Tsai (writer)
Pi-ying Yang (writer)
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Release Date:
24 March 1999 (France) more
Genre:
Drama | Fantasy | Musical more
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Awards:
6 wins & 3 nominations more
User Comments:
Feelings,sometimes, can overcome silence more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Lin Kun-huei
Kang-sheng Lee ... Hsiao-Kang
Hui-Chin Lin ... A Neighbor
Tien Miao ... The Customer at Market
Hsiang-Chu Tong ... The Plumber
Kuei-Mei Yang ... The Woman Downstairs
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Hole (France) (International: English title)
The Last Dance (International: English title)
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Runtime:
95 min | Taiwan:69 min
Country:
Taiwan | France
Language:
Mandarin
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more

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Movie Connections:
References Du rififi chez les hommes (1955) more
Soundtrack:
Yan zhi hu more

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3 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
Feelings,sometimes, can overcome silence, 22 January 2002
10/10
Author: erciumachella from Como,Italy

This movie, one of the best I've ever seen, talks about incommunicability. It does it plunging ourselves in a livid Taipei, stained in cold colors, where the rain falls incessantly; a DAMP world. It does it displaying us the story of two persons living in this world, a man and a woman. a coincidence, or the fate,links their existences, but they're not able to open one to the other with words. Characters are the mirror of the difficulty of our society concerning interpersonal relationships. An incommunicability that here is taken to the extreme limits. all the characters exchange only a few words during the movie, dialogues are nearly absent, and when some words are spoken they're often weak and empty, far away from describing people's real feelings. So, the progression of the story, the revelation of character's feelings is developed (brilliant idea!) by the musical digressions, only apparently meaningless, that speckle the movie. The proceeding of the sentimental event, and the drama of female protagonist, lead us to a splendid ending, heavily symbolic. A movie totally different from the usual, a clever realization by a great-talented director. PS. Forgive me for my bad grammar!!

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