MILLENNIUM MAMBO
synopsis
The younthful Vicky is torn between two men, Hao-hao and Jack. At night she works as a PR person at a night club to support both of them. Hao-hao keeps vigilance over her all the time, no matter she is on or off the job. He checks her charge accounts, telephone bills, mobile phone records, and even her body odor in an attempt to trace Vicky's activities. She cannot stand him any longer; she runs away.
original title: | Millennium Mambo |
country: | Taiwan, France |
sales agent: | Fortissimo Films |
year: | 2001 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Hou Hsiao Hsien |
film run: | 119' |
release date: | FR 31/10/2001, BE 28/11/2001, IT 05/07/2002, ES 12/07/2002 |
screenplay: | Chu T'ien-Wen |
cast: | Shu Qi, Kao Jack, Tuan Chung-Hao |
cinematography by: | Mark Lee Ping Bing |
film editing: | Liao Ching-Sung |
art director: | Hwarng Wern-ying |
costumes designer: | Wang Kuan-i |
music: | Lim Giong, Yoshihiro Hanno |
producer: | Eric Heumann, Gilles Ciment, Chu T'ien-Wen, Wen-Ying Huang |
production: | Paradis Films, Orly Films, 3H Productions (TW), Sinomovie (TW) |
distributor: | Océan Films, Les Films de l'Elysée (BE), Istituto Luce (IT), Vertigo Films (ES) |