Durian Durian (2000)
"Liulian piao piao" (original title)

Director:

Fruit Chan

Writers:

Fruit Chan, Wai-Keung Chan,

Stars:

Hailu Qin, Wai-Fan Mak, Xiao Ming Biao

10 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Hailu Qin	...	Qin Yan
Wai-Fan Mak	...	Fan
Xiao Ming Biao	...	Xiao Ming
Wai Yiu Yung	...	Pimp
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Fanny Fen-ni	...	Prostitute
Qingyong Hu	...	Da Yong
Ping Lee	...	Prostitute
Shuang Li	...	Li Shuang
Zhihan Lu	...	Zhi Han
Suet-man Mak	...	Man
Kam Yiu Ngai	...	John
Ming Wong	...	Fan's father
Xiaoli Yang	...	Cousin
Mei-kam Yeung	...	Fan's mother

Storyline

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

Hong Kong France China

Language:

Mandarin Cantonese

Release Date:

16 November 2000 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

Durian Durian

Company Credits

Production Co:

Canal+, Golden Network, Nice Top Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

116 min 116 min

User Reviews

The Misplaced

Fruit Chan is a lovely man living in a lovely world of connections that he sometimes shows us. Some of his other films have touched me with their elaborate order over things that while strange seem to reveal nature.

He works by evoking smell and taste into the images. This film does that as well as any of the others I know. But its intensity is likely to elude you — as it did me — until you learn about this durian fruit. It is so powerful in its smell, and so repulsive, that it is often banned from public places. It is chemically similar to skunk, hard to open and physically ugly, yet there are people who love it.

This durian phenomenon is primarily a geographic thing; the film is about alien visits, people where they do not belong. There is lots of coming and going, performing of different kinds, families of different kinds, and cleanliness of different types. Durian come and go... not many of them, but then there are not many of anything here: its all about the layers.

This man is a wonderful artist. I will see everything of his that I can, and expect to be reporting pleasure that I can taste.

Ted's Evaluation -- 3 of 3: Worth watching.